"Least influential of education's most influential information sources."
-- Education Week Research Center
"full of very lively short items and is always on top of the news...He gets extra points for skewering my high school rating system"
-- Jay Mathews, The Washington Post
"a daily dose of information from the education policy world, blended with a shot of attitude and a dash of humor"
-- Education Week
"unexpectedly entertaining"..."tackle[s] a potentially mindfogging subject with cutting clarity... they're reading those mushy, brain-numbing education stories so you don't have to!"
-- Mickey Kaus
"a very smart blog... this is the site to read"
-- Ryan Lizza
"everyone who's anyone reads Eduwonk"
-- Richard Colvin
"designed to cut through the fog and direct specialists and non-specialists alike to the center of the liveliest and most politically relevant debates on the future of our schools"
-- The New Dem Daily
"peppered with smart and witty comments on the education news of the day"
-- Education Gadfly
"don't hate Eduwonk cuz it's so good"
-- Alexander Russo, This Week In Education
"the morning's first stop for education bomb-throwers everywhere"
-- Mike Antonucci, Intercepts
"…the big dog on the ed policy blog-ck…"
-- Michele McLaughlin
"I check Eduwonk several times a day, especially since I cut back on caffeine"
-- Joe Williams
"...one of the few bloggers who isn't completely nuts"
-- Mike Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
"I have just three 'go to' websites: The Texas Legislature, Texas Longhorn sports, and Eduwonk"
-- Sandy Kress
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-- Walt Gardner
"Fabulous"
-- Education Week's Alyson Klein
"thugs"
-- Susan Ohanian
Smart List: 60 People Shaping the Future of K-12 Education
Tansy Obryant of Wa Wall Letters has
a free children’s book for down load translated in both English and Chinese. She
makes a living doing children’s room decor like wooden letters.
The edutopia website does a nice job of pulling together resources for green minded teachers. It seems like many teachers are left to find their own resources to either make or supplement their curriculum instead of being provided with the resources by their district.
Since before the recent anniversary of Sputnik there have been calls for a 21st century “sputnik-like” event to propel STEM education into the popular conscience again. While none of us are advocating for another space race, the environmental movement has done a good job of being the next “sputnik-like” public event. Environmentalism has suffered from the politicization of climate change and other environmental catastrophies. While the politicization is unlikely to change (and may be amplified with Al Gore’s Nobel)there is a larger goal that may be accomplished. STEM education must be made relevant to the general public whether it is through a focus on the environment, human rights, or saving the world in a miriad of ways. I encourage policy makers to think of STEM not as just the separate silos but as a study of the world that surrounds our students.