A number of people have asked me what sites I follow to stay up-to-date on education news and policy, so I thought I'd make a list. I STRONGLY recommend using an RSS reader (Google Reader is my tool of choice) to keep track of these. Too many people I meet don't seem to know about news readers. Going to individual sites for news borders on masochistic. Here are thirteen sites I follow that I'd recommend to someone wanting to really dig into the education topics of the day:
Education - New York Times
WWW: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/education/index.html
RSS: http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Education.xml
"Class Struggle" - Washington Post - Jay Mathews
WWW: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400611.html
RSS: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400611.xml
"The Answer Sheet" - Washington Post - Valerie Strauss
WWW: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/
RSS: http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/wp/answer-sheet/index
Education - Huffington Post
WWW: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/education/
RSS: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/feeds/verticals/education/index.xml
Bridging Differences - Education Week
WWW: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/
RSS: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/index.xml
Education - Change.org
WWW: http://education.change.org/
RSS: http://education.change.org/blog/rss
Linking and Thinking on Education - Joanne Jacobs
WWW: http://www.joannejacobs.com/
RSS: http://www.joannejacobs.com/feed/
The Quick & The Ed
WWW: http://www.quickanded.com/
RSS: http://www.quickanded.com/feed
Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week
WWW: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/
RSS: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/index.xml
School Finance 101
WWW: http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/
RSS: http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/feed/
Schools Matter - Jim Horn
WWW: http://www.schoolsmatter.info/
RSS: http://www.schoolsmatter.info/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
Shanker Blog
WWW: http://shankerblog.org/
RSS: http://shankerblog.org/?feed=rss2
Sherman Dorn
WWW: http://shermandorn.com/wordpress/
RSS: http://shermandorn.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2
I'd like to think there's a combination of both neutral and opinionated coverage in the sites above, with opinions represented on both sides. If I've missed one of your favorites, list it in the comments below.