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Learning List is a national online library of professional reviews of K-12 instructional materials and online courses, which will launch in August 2013.  For each featured product, we provide an alignment to state standards , an editorial review highlighting the products unique features and key information that educators need to implement the product effectively, and subscriber ratings and reviews . Learning List is a service by and for educators. Our goal is to make the selection of instructional materials more efficient and effective. Why should every district have to review a textbook’s alignment to state standards? It’s far more efficient for Learning List to do it once and do it well. For which students and under what conditions is a particular product most effective? Learning List’s editorial review tells you so that you can find the best resources for your students.

One day I was walking through a prairie in Kenya accompanied by a guide and two friends from the U.S., when we suddenly came across five kids and an adult huddled under a tree.  As we approached, we saw that the adult was teaching the students math.  The teacher threw out a question and the kids feverishly calculated the answer in the dirt using sticks as pencils. A hand shot up and the student answered the question with delight. The teacher confirmed the answer and the other students reveled in their collective victory. It was pure magic- teaching and learning at its essence.  After almost 20 years in education law and policy, that day I re-committed myself to doing whatever I can to make sure that all students have what they need to experience the of learning, as these five kids had under a tree on a prairie in Kenya.