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Sunday, August 20, 2006
Houston, we have an edblog!
Well, a couple weeks ago one of the best MSM education bloggers, Matthew Pinzur who writes Gradebook for the Miami Herald, announced he will soon switch beats to cover Miami city hall — another challenging job — leaving open the question of whether Gradebook would survive. That was a bummer.
But I have some good news. A new major MSM education blog appeared last week in Texas.
It’s called School Zone and it’s written by the education reporters and editors at the Houston Chronicle.
The Chronicle, which was named the “best blogging newspaper” earlier this year by a team of reviewers led by Jay Rosen (NYU professor and PressThink blogger), is an important addition to the edusphere, I think, given the key role Houston has played in national education politics as the birthplace of the ideas that gave us No Child Left Behind.
School Zone (I think they owe the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel a nod for bogarting their ed blog’s name) is off to a strong start. For a taste, check out this commentary by education editor Jason Spencer, who takes on schools that blame a small group of kids for their low state ratings.
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