The best K-12 blogs, worth reading.

Angela Watson · Weekly

Angela Watson's blog and podcast notes on teacher wellbeing, productivity, and sustaining a long career in the classroom.

Jennifer Gonzalez · Weekly

In-depth essays and how-to guides on teaching practice, written by former middle school teacher Jennifer Gonzalez and a rotating cast of educator contributors.

Matt Miller · Weekly

Matt Miller's blog on replacing textbook-driven lessons with creative, tech-enabled activities, with a heavy focus on Google Workspace and AI for teachers.

Timothy Shanahan · Weekly

Reading researcher Tim Shanahan answers practitioner questions about evidence-based reading instruction, the science of reading, and literacy policy.

Understood.org · Weekly

Plain-language articles on learning differences, ADHD, dyslexia, and IEP/504 navigation, written for families and the educators who work with them.

Chalkbeat Newsroom · Daily

Local education journalism across major US cities, focused on the policies and people shaping public schools at the district level.

Peter Greene · Daily

Veteran high school English teacher Peter Greene writes blunt, sceptical commentary on education policy, standardised testing, teacher evaluation, charter schooling and the claims now being made for AI in classrooms.

Diane Ravitch · Daily

Daily commentary from education historian Diane Ravitch on public education policy, privatization, testing, and the politics of schooling.

Larry Ferlazzo · Daily

A prolific aggregation blog by veteran high school ELL teacher Larry Ferlazzo, surfacing research, resources, and 'best of' lists across every K-12 topic.

TCEA · Daily

The Texas Computer Education Association's group blog, with a rotating cast of instructional-technology specialists publishing near-daily how-tos on Google Workspace, AI, cybersecurity, and classroom edtech.

Alice Keeler · Daily

Alice Keeler shares Google, AI and classroom-technology tips, templates and workflows for teachers.

Tom Hobson · Daily

Preschool teacher Tom Hobson writes about play-based learning, early childhood and child development.

The 74 Editorial Team · Daily

Nonprofit education journalism covering K-12 policy, school choice, equity, and the politics shaping American public education.

Two Writing Teachers Collective · Daily

A community blog by elementary and middle school literacy specialists focused on writing workshop, mentor texts, and conferring with student writers.

A.J. Juliani · Weekly

Author and educator A.J. Juliani writes about innovation, AI, project-based learning and the future of learning.

ASCD · Weekly

ASCD's professional learning blog, with essays from K-12 leaders and teacher-authors on curriculum, instruction, and supervision.

Jacqui Murray · Weekly

Technology teacher Jacqui Murray shares EdTech lessons, digital-learning ideas and classroom-technology tips.

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) · Weekly

The blog of CASEL, the leading organisation behind the widely used SEL framework — research, policy updates, implementation stories and practical guidance for bringing social and emotional learning into schools and districts.

Monica Burns · Weekly

Former classroom teacher Dr. Monica Burns shares practical EdTech, AI and digital-learning strategies for K-12 educators.

Eric Curts · Weekly

Step-by-step Google Workspace tutorials, templates, and add-on round-ups for K-12 teachers, from Google-certified trainer Eric Curts.

Vicki Davis · Weekly

Classroom teacher and IT director Vicki Davis writes about teaching, EdTech, AI and teacher development.

Dave Stuart Jr. · Weekly

High school teacher Dave Stuart Jr. writes about literacy, student motivation and sustainable teaching.

Catlin Tucker · Weekly

Former classroom teacher, bestselling author and blended learning coach Dr. Catlin Tucker writes about blended learning models, station rotation, UDL and student-centred instruction.

Dustin Purdy · Weekly

Secondary maths teacher and instructional coach Dustin Purdy writes classroom-first maths posts — notice-and-wonder warm-ups, data-literacy routines, and the occasional calendar puzzle that turns a date into a lesson.

Harry Fletcher-Wood · Weekly

Harry Fletcher-Wood writes on teacher development, instructional coaching and professional learning.

John Spencer · Weekly

Author and professor John Spencer writes about creativity, design thinking, project-based learning and student agency.

KQED · Weekly

Public-media coverage of how learning is changing, from SEL and youth mental health to AI and the future of school.

Dr. Rachelle Dené Poth · Weekly

Dr. Rachelle Dené Poth's long-running blog on AI in education, edtech integration, SEL, and the future of teaching — written from the perspective of an educator, consultant, keynote speaker, and author.

Lindy Hockenbary · Weekly

Practical, research-informed writing on AI literacy, edtech coaching, and tech-confident teaching from instructional coach and consultant Lindy Hockenbary.

Sarah Carter · Weekly

High school math teacher Sarah Carter shares hands-on activities, interactive notebooks, and printable puzzles for Algebra through Pre-Calc.

National Science Teaching Association · Weekly

The National Science Teaching Association's blog for science educators — classroom ideas, NGSS-aligned lessons, three-dimensional teaching strategies, professional learning and news from across the science education community.

Lewis Poche · Weekly

Lewis Poche's Substack on leveraging education technology purposefully and skillfully — essays on device culture, distraction, edtech decision-making, and the habits schools need to use technology well.

Vanessa Levin · Weekly

Vanessa Levin's collection of play-based lesson plans, centers, and printables for preschool and kindergarten teachers.

Kasey Bell · Weekly

Former teacher and instructional coach Kasey Bell shares practical Google Workspace, AI and dynamic-learning ideas for K-12 classrooms.

Jamie C. Martin · Weekly

Reflections, curriculum reviews, and rhythms-of-the-day posts from a community of veteran homeschool parents.

Michael Linsin · Weekly

Michael Linsin's weekly articles on calm, effective classroom management and behaviour.

Nancy Flanagan · Weekly

Retired music teacher and former Michigan Teacher of the Year Nancy Flanagan writes about public education, teaching, democracy and civic life — twenty years of blogging, including nine years as Education Week's 'Teacher in a Strange Land'.

Tom Sherrington · Weekly

Former headteacher Tom Sherrington writes on pedagogy, curriculum, teaching practice and professional development.

Ross Morrison McGill · Weekly

Ross Morrison McGill writes on teaching practice, research, teacher workload and school leadership.

The Art of Education University · Weekly

Lesson ideas, classroom management tips, and PD essays for K-12 visual art teachers, published by The Art of Education University.

Marcus Luther · Weekly

Started by two teachers on opposite sides of the country, The Broken Copier is a Substack and podcast built on a simple idea: teachers talking about teaching. Marcus Luther, now in his fifteenth year in high school classrooms, walks through real lessons week by week — the analogies that land, the October slump, the AI conversations happening in front of him — while the podcast centres teacher voice over expert pronouncement.

Eric Sheninger · Weekly

Eric Sheninger's reflections on digital leadership, personalized learning, and evidence-based school improvement, drawn from his work with schools worldwide.

David Didau · Weekly

David Didau writes about learning science, cognitive science, pedagogy and assessment.

George Couros · Weekly

George Couros's long-running blog on innovative leadership, school culture, and the 'innovator's mindset' for principals and district leaders.

Glenn Malcolm · Bi-weekly

Primary technology teacher and international-schools adviser Glenn Malcolm writes about the classroom tools he builds and uses himself — assessment trackers, planning formats and front-of-room screens — alongside honest tests of the AI tools arriving in schools. Fifteen years of EdTech writing sits in the archive underneath.

John Dolman · Bi-weekly

English and media teacher John Dolman writes from a UK secondary classroom about bringing AI into planning and teaching — AI-fluency lessons for sixth-formers, hands-on tests of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, and sharp pushback on headlines that overstate what the research actually says.

Caroline Rossi · Monthly

High school maths teacher Caroline Rossi writes about teaching AP Calculus and Algebra II — history-of-calculus lessons, Desmos activities, Building Thinking Classrooms experiments, and straight-talking debriefs of AP marking and the professional development she signs up for.

Gary Rubinstein · Monthly

A New York City high school math teacher writes from the classroom about education reform, standardised testing, teacher evaluation, charter schooling and the college-for-all push he documented in Selling Our Youth Down the River.

Greg Bagby · Monthly

Field notes from veteran district instructional technology leader Greg Bagby on AI in schools, edtech vendor summits, and the practical realities of leading technology change in K-12 districts.

Pernille Ripp · Monthly

Middle school teacher Pernille Ripp writes about literacy, reading, student voice and teaching.

Jo Morgan · Monthly

Maths teacher Jo Morgan curates and reviews the best secondary mathematics teaching resources and ideas.

Blake Harvard · Monthly

High school teacher Blake Harvard applies cognitive science and retrieval practice to everyday teaching.

Nicole Eredics · Monthly

Nicole Eredics writes on co-teaching, inclusive curriculum design, and practical strategies for general-ed teachers who serve students with disabilities.

Cammie Kannekens · Monthly

Instructional coach Cammie Kannekens documents what she learns on the job — Google Workspace walkthroughs, AI-era thinking activities, math resource pilots, and conference recaps from a division coaching seat.

Dan Meyer · Occasional

Former maths teacher Dan Meyer writes about mathematics teaching, problem solving and classroom practice.

Jennifer Casa-Todd · Occasional

Educator and author Jennifer Casa-Todd writes about digital citizenship, AI, student voice and digital learning.

Mandy Froehlich · Occasional

Author and consultant Mandy Froehlich writes about leadership, teacher wellbeing and school culture.

Starr Sackstein · Occasional

Educator and author Starr Sackstein writes about assessment, going gradeless, student voice and teacher leadership.

Lydia Saffery · Occasional

Data coach and school leader Lydia Saffery writes from a Hawaii high school about the systems that shape schools — using data to support teachers rather than shame them, why good teachers are expected to leave after an achievement, and what it means to choose to stay in the place you come from.

Trevor Muir · Occasional

Teacher and author Trevor Muir writes about student engagement, project-based learning and school culture.