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HELP WANTED – Parents who are blogging about their local schools?

Back in February I noted that parents are using online tools to push back on their local school districts. Embodying the themes expressed in Clay Shirky’s excellent book, Here Comes Everybody, parents and other stakeholders are using blogs, online discussion boards, e-mail listservs, YouTube channels, and other social media tools to organize, advocate, criticize, support, and otherwise express their opinions about their local school systems.


Here are some examples:

  • NYC Public School Parents
  • GothamSchools
  • Parents Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland
  • Attack of the Narcisse Clones
  • Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE)
  • Catalyst Chicago
  • Chariho School Parents’ Forum
  • Also see the parent reviews at GreatSchools (here’s an example from Dallas, Texas) and the New York City school reviews at InsideSchools (here’s an example).

    I’m looking for some more examples of parents (or others) blogging about their local school organization. Not an occasional post (as I am wont to do) but rather dedicated communication channels such as the ones above. If you know of any, please share them in the comments area? Thanks!


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