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35 Ed Blogs You May Not Know About (But Should)

If you are a teacher, student, parent, or administrator, you should be following education blogs. Why? Simply because blogs are an ever-increasing way to spark ideas, creativity, and innovation. The following list is a compilation of blogs for those interested in education. Written by parents, administrators, businessmen, teachers, and administrators, these blogs stand out with their unique style and excellent content.

While this list isn't comprehensive --we have left out on purposes well-established names such as Downes, Byrne, Warlick, McLeod, Mayers, Fryer, Davis, Dunn, or Jarche -- we are sharing the links that according to our experience are not well known yet.  Here are the selected ones. What are your favorites that are not popular and we've omitted? Share them in the comments section of this story.

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Traditional Elementary Education

1. Teaching Blog Addict

A blog dedicated to educators who want a one-stop-shop for all the best education blogs and resources on the Web. They arrange posts by categories, so teachers looking for ideas in a certain subject can find content quickly and easily.

2. The Curriculum Corner

This blog is run by two teachers and gives instructional tips for teaching lessons that meet the common core standards.

3. The Organized Classroom Blog

The Organized Classroom is a blog primarily for teachers who need help in making their classroom functional and efficient. The website offers free resources, tips, and ideas from local teachers.

4. Polka Dotted Teacher

A fun and whimsical education site for teachers who need to add some color and creativity into their classroom. This site is in the style of Dr. Seuss.

5. Educational Advancement

This blog is part of a larger website that is dedicated to helping gifted youth. It focuses on news, information, and other resources for parents and teachers of talented children.

Traditional College

6. Omniac Education

The Omniac blog is for high school students who are planning to go to college. The site gives tips for taking college entrance exams, as well as ideas for maximizing the success rate of college applications.

7. Study Hacks

A computer scientist and published author writes this blog about what makes students successful. He chronicles some of his controversial thoughts on why pursuing your passion is a bad idea and gives tips and hints found in his numerous books.

8. Parents Countdown To College Coach

This blog is mainly for parents who might need some extra help in getting their child off to school. Expect to find advice on how to help your child succeed in college, tips about transitioning to a dorm room, as well as financial aid and application resources.

9. ProfHacker

A blog dedicated to helping educators with their productivity, technology integration, as well as teaching. The latest post is an interesting entry about professionalism on social media, an increasing problem that has only been introduced since the explosion of sites like Facebook and Twitter.

10. Thesis Whisperer

The Thesis Whisperer is a collaboration of writers and students who talk about the process of writing a dissertation. Everything from planning your writing process, tips, presentation ideas, and dealing with your supervisor, is covered in this group-authored blog.

11. Teen College Education

This blog is written by both students and educators! Topics include admissions to college, high school tips for maximizing college potential, and how to score well on college entrance exams. It even gives practical advice about how to survive on a student budget and what to do after graduation.

12. University of Venus

The Inside Higher Ed blog is a large site written by numerous authors. It covers everything from technology, to education philosophy, strategies for admissions, and career advice.

13. NextStepU

This blog is associated with the NextStepU magazine. It offers advice about various colleges and degrees and offers giveaways from time to time. It also has tools like a scholarship search and college match.

14. Chegg

This blog is attached to the Chegg website; a student services site for planning and study help. The blog gives advice about finding inexpensive textbooks, study habits, and scholarships.

15. The Ivy Coach

The author of this blog is Bev Taylor, a well-known counselor who is frequently seen on media sites, giving tips about getting into Ivy League schools. Her blog centers on helping students gain entrance into the school of their dream. She also offers herself for hire!

16. Stratedgy

The Stratedgy blog is meant for educators who want to discuss ways to compete in an ever-expanding world of education options.

E-Learning and Edtech

17. Tic Tac Interactive

Tic Tac interactive is Scandinavia’s “leader in digital education” – and their blog features some pretty interesting conversations about education.

18. The Daily Riff

 As provocateur, muse, catalyst and game-changer, The Daily Riff will “sniff and sift” through our edu-culture, “curating” news and opinion in quick, digest-sized takeaways for you to use and share. I think that says it all.

19. Beth Knittle

Beth Knittle is a technology integration specialist for a K-12 district and blogs about her learning experiences. She has presented at several major education conferences like MassCUE and EduCon. She has an attached Wiki and a scrupulously organized archive page.

20. Edcomp Blog

A lecturer in Scotland at the University of Strathclyde authors this blog. Check out his blog post on creating memorable passwords for middle school students, or his review of text online adventure games. He writes in short post form, making it an easy blog to read when you are short on time.

21. The Tech Savvy Educator

This blog is a practical guide to technology integration. There are posts about using the iPad in the classroom, how to make an inexpensive green screen, as well as starting up an online book club. The owner and author is Ben Rimes, a K-12 technology specialist in Michigan.

22. The Online Learning Update

The Online Learning Update is a blog about online education news and research. The editor is Ray Schroeder, a University of Illinois professor, and he gathers headlines about university open courseware.

23. E-Learning Queen

Stop at the E-Learning Queen blog and meet the Queen’s assistant, Susan Smith Nash. She humorously names her reader the “queen” of e-learning, since you are reading her site. She focuses on distance learning, e-course design, and social/psychological issues surrounding the online education process.

24. Funny Monkey

Funny Monkey blog highlights all the news and information related to Funny Monkey, a business dedicated to making educational materials free. In addition to news, the blog also covers major educational issues, technology, and classroom solutions.

25. Cammy Bean’s Learning Visions

Cammy Bean’s Learning Visions blog is about e-learning design. She hosts webinars about the best ways to effectively design e-courses, tools to use, and how to get started.

Education Policies

26. Best of Education Blog

This Best of Education Blog, hosted by the National Education Policy Center, pulls recent posts from various education bloggers. It covers all education issues including teacher unions, curriculum, technology, policy, and even teacher evaluations.

27.  Eduwonk

Sponsored by Bethwether Education Partners, this blog is about education policy and politics. The primary author, Andrew J. Rotherham, served as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton, and currently writes the weekly School of Thought column for Time magazine.

28. Thoughts On Education Policy

This blog primarily focuses on urban poverty as it relates to educational policy. The author Corey Bower became frustrated with the education system after trying to teach in an inner-city New York school for two years.

29. Edwize

Edwize is a blog for education news and opinion. It focuses on New York schools, teachers, and issues. Be sure to check out the section called New Teacher Diaries- real-life stories from New York’s new public school teachers.

30. Education Experts Blog

This blog’s tagline is, "Debating the future of American education." Expect to read posts about politics, testing problems, and other issues plaguing the current educational system.

31. Edspresso

Edspresso’s clever name highlights the focus of this blog- a daily morning shot of the latest education news and reform. It covers headlines and politics as it relates to education and is updated frequently.

32. Successful Schools

Scott Taylor is an assistant superintendent and professor at the university level. His blog is listed on Edudemic’s website as one of the top education blogs that you should follow. His casual conversational style is easy to read and still packs a powerful and profound punch.

33. Campaign K-12

A blog focusing on education and politics. Current posts center around the campaign trail leading up to the US election in November, and how it relates to education policy.

34. Stories From School

Stories from School was labeled as one of the best educational blogs of 2010. It focuses on real-life examples and stories of teachers and how they are impacted by the latest educational policy changes.

Learning Techniques

35. Thank You Brain

This blog focuses on ways to improve your ability to memorize. Dr. Bill Klemm is a neuroscientist, education consultant, and professor who chronicles some of his research on this personal blog.

This list first appeared on Open Colleges and we have been edited it accordingly.

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