I was reading an article in Education Week’s Special Report. The article touched on the lack of qualified educational journalists and how it’s important that we have more journalists writing about education issues. 

I found this article interesting because I AM an EDUCATION JOURNALIST.  And a damn good one at that.  In fact, I’m the leader in education ideas.  I’m certain of it.  My ideas get moved every time I post to facebook or any social media and I find that when I spread the word on my research, there is more talk about it.  

Anyway, here are my thoughts on this subject.  Evie Blad, writer of Why does local journalism matter for schools?, is right on the fact that our nations future is being written in rooms that are often not covered.   Homeschooling communities and co-ops, traditional school classrooms and board meetings, at state capitols, etc. 

It is important to look at trends across the state and district lines, to ask skeptical questions about big ideas that are shaping policy, and to cover the State’s Education Department and its local administrating agencies.  

And that is why I blog. I want to help YOU understand what’s you may not know that’s hidden in the frays that’s not being reported.  I encourage you to learn more about what I’m talking about and do your own research.   Read it critically, process any complex idea and how these ideas I talk about affect what’s going on in education today.   

The work we do, whether as parent-educator, or traditional classroom educator inspires us to become activists in a thoughtful engaged manner. 

In conclusion, I find Ms. Evie Blad’s work unremarkable.  She is right in that Education and journalism are both very important to society.  We need good unbiased writers reporting about education issues and trends.  But we also need a literate society that is able to read and analyze what is being reported.  Without a literate society, our system of governance falls apart.