Posting from the Blogger Summit

Today I’m at the ED in '08 Blogger Summit with education bloggers from around the country at the Hotel Palomar in Washington, D.C. I've been looking forward to this opportunity to bring together some of the leading education bloggers and hear their thoughts on how we should move forward to improve our educational system.

As I've come to realize, by writing in this space, blogging is a powerful tool which can be used to continue to push the discussion and ideas of education reform into the mainstream. I have the honor of introducing the first panel (titled " Shaping Education Reform: The Issues Ahead" and moderated by Alexander Russo) and briefly sharing some of my thoughts on raising standards, improving teacher quality, and giving more time and support for learning. I’ll be around most of the day, so come by and say hello.