In his Class Struggle column this week, Jay Mathews presents his favorite education blogs of 2008.  And includes this little rantfest on the list!  (look on page 4)

It’s a rather odd mix of professional education pundits, classroom teachers, and those of us somewhere in between.

In his thumbnail sketch, Mathews says I get extra points for “being very hard on me and the Challenge Index”. However, let me say for the record, that I try to restrict any criticism in this space to ideas and not to the people presenting them.

I certainly appreciate the mention, Jay, but does this mean I’m required to be nicer to the “challenge” index in the future? :-)