10k Blogiversary: Thank You!

March 24, 2004

After three months in existence, ReformK12.com had its 10,000th visitor today. This probably sounds quaint, since a lot of sites get that many hits in a week or a day, but we're very proud, being that we're still so young.

While we get a number of hits from search engines (Alfie Kohn is our most popular search), and we get a fair amount of people directly typing "ReformK12" into their browser, we wouldn't be as successful if it weren't for a few generous folks.

First we'd like to thank the Academy.

Next we'd like to acknowledge Kimberly Swygert and Joanne Jacobs, who, unbeknownst to them, comprise ReformK12's publicity department. Without the boosts from these two veteran bloggers, we'd still be generating about twelve hits a month (our total from December 2003).

Kimberly can be found frequently sharpening her Number 2 Pencil, while Joanne shows no restraint in making bad puns about amorous princes at her eponymous site.

While we read a number of education-themed blogs regularly, such as the ones by Daryl Cobranchi, Chris O'Donnell, Brian Micklethwait, and Izzy Lyman, we'd like to pay special recognition to the two heart-and-soul teacher bloggers we turn to for some sane counterpoint to our views: Ms. Frizzle and a school yard blog.

Sure, we like to bang the Traditionalist drum and knock Progressives every chance we get, and we harp on how much more effective teacher-centered instruction is over child-centered, yet Ms. Frizzle and school yard always bring us back to earth, for which we're grateful.

We've also been very pleased at the international interest in our site. Our biggest fan base is in France, followed by Canada and Australia, with these three nations alone representing 5% of our visitors. (We have been keeping a running tally, with map, of nations represented, 46 at this writing.)

Thanks for stopping by!