Those new to the blogosphere can often be overwhelmed by the immensity of it. It is huge. Like, really huge. Technorati is currently tracking 112.8 million blogs. It is the same with education. There are a lot of education blogs. I have been blogging for three or four years now and I have probably only seen like a 1/10 of the education blogosphere.

Anyway, what is quickly becoming one of the gold standards for education blogs lists is Jay Mathews annual list at the Washington Post. Jay is one of, if not the, top reporter in education so his seal of approval is no small thing. I looked over his list and I agree with him that most of the blogs on his list are the most influential in education. I especially liked Jay's inclusion of Teaching in the 408, which is probably my favorite teacher blog. I think Jay's list is a little heavy in education policy blogs (which frequently present much of the same material) and as he continues to compile it I expect he will start to see more of the educational blogs that are actually written by educators, but for now it is a good place to start for those new to the educational blogosphere.