"There are enough tools now for these teachers to find one another rather than been islands in a school." This is not true. I've been teaching for 15 years, a

"There are enough tools now for these teachers to find one another rather than been islands in a school." This is not true. I've been teaching for 15 years, and I've looked every year or two for good online ed communities. There are some good ideas out there, but every one I have seen has a significant shortcoming: over-commercialized, technologically inferior, poorly moderated, diluted by the whining and complaining that plagues staff rooms... The value of a true HN clone is real. I'd love to see someone make an exact clone of HN, called Educator News, if pg would be fine with it. I can't run it, but I'd sure help moderate it.