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Education-Related Newsgroups FAQ

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Scope of this FAQ

This FAQ doesn't pretend to be exhaustive, but here is a fairly comprehensive list of education-related newsgroups gathered from the news servers at the University of Minnesota (umn.edu), the Prodigy commercial on-line service, the CompuServe commercial on-line service, the Microsoft Network, and the now-defunct GNN Internet access service (using different newsreader programs on each service to search for keywords in newsgroup names and to browse newsgroup hierarchies). I have included the "short description" of each newsgroup if that was readily available to me during the search process (which it especially was while searching CompuServe and umn.edu). A few newsgroups are listed with additional comments of my own, or by a variant of the Usenet short description found on other sites. A few of the newgroups listed have short descriptions that evidently were added by persons other than the proponents.

Suggestions for additions to this FAQ are most welcome. Many thanks to those who saw earlier versions of this FAQ and added to or corrected the information posted earlier. And special thanks to the persons who wrote suggesting that I post a copy of this FAQ on the World Wide Web--I have now done so here,

http://learninfreedom.org/ed-newsgroups.html

at my Web site, which has links to other information about on-line resources for self-education.

Some of the newsgroups listed here are very inactive (possibly because they are not carried at many sites). Some are very active, with verifiable frequent postings from multiple countries. But in general the proportion of all Internet users who discuss issues on Usenet has been declining since 1997 as Web-based discussion boards and E-mail mailing lists have become more popular. For a more up-to-date picture of where people discuss education issues on-line, see this site's Discussion Groups about Education Reform and Home-Schooling page.

Usenet "Big Eight"

Usenet is an international network of computer networks following defined technical protocols for transmitting messages (often called "articles" on the Usenet network) among discussion fora, known as "newsgroups." Usenet now consists of eight major hierarchies of newsgroups, known as the "big eight," namely the
comp.
humanities.
misc.
news.
rec.
sci.
soc.
talk. and
humanities. hierarchies. I first developed this FAQ file when participants on the misc.education newsgroup began discussing why there was no education. hierarchy. The simple answer to that question is that so far there hasn't been sufficient demand among Usenet users for an education. hierarchy to form one, but one could be formed if sufficient users did the work to set one up. Until then, education-related newsgroups are all over Usenet, as indicated below.

The comp.* hierarchy is, of course, mostly related to computers and computing. As part of one of the Usenet "big eight" hierarchies that have to go through independently verified voting procedures to form new newsgroups, the newsgroups in the comp.* hierarchy should be carried at just about every Usenet site around the world.

comp.ai.edu: Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.edu: Computer science education.
comp.edu.composition: Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms
comp.edu.languages.natural: Computer assisted languages instruction issues
comp.lang.logo: The Logo teaching and learning language.

The misc.* hierarchy has had a steady growth of education-related newsgroups since early 1994, and features the most international discussions of education issues to be found anywhere.

misc.education: Discussion of the educational system.
misc.education.adult: Adult education and adult literacy practice/research
misc.education.home-school.christian: Christian home-schooling.
misc.education.home-school.misc: Almost anything about home-schooling.
misc.education.language.english: Teaching English to speakers of other languages
misc.education.medical: Issues related to medical education.
misc.education.multimedia: Multimedia for education (Moderated)
misc.education.science: Issues related to science education.

The rec.* newsgroup hierarcy pertains to recreational activities.

rec.arts.marching.band.high-school: High school marching bands.
rec.aviation.student: Learning to fly.
rec.music.makers.piano: Piano music, performing, composing, learning, styles.

The sci.* hierarchy pertains to various sciences. The sci.edu newsgroup was probably intended to be the home of a growing hierarchy of newsgroups related to education, but apparently was missed by too many people who search for newsgroups look for the term "education" rather than the abbreviated term "edu." As it stands now, many participants in sci.edu take the newsgroup's topic to be "science education," (which is the topic of the misc.education.science newsgroup!) which tends to limit the scope of discussion. Most discussion of more general issues on the sci.edu newsgroup consists of articles cross-posted to other newsgroups, for example misc.education, which is a far busier newsgroup than sci.edu has been at any time for the past few years.

sci.edu: The science of education.
sci.med.pharmacy: The teaching and practice of pharmacy.
sci.op-research: Research, teaching & application of operations research.
sci.stat.edu: Statistics education.

The soc.* hierarchy pertains to sociology and social sciences, and various societies around the world. The soc.culture.* newsgroups, which pertain to the culture of one or another ethnic group, and the soc.religion.* newsgroups have been a big part of the impetus toward moderated newsgroups.

soc.college: College, college activities, campus life, etc.
soc.college.admissions: The university admissions process.
soc.college.financial-aid: Financial aid issues, college and beyond.
soc.college.grad: General issues related to graduate schools.
soc.college.gradinfo: Information about graduate schools.
soc.college.org.aiesec: The Int'l Assoc. of Business and Commerce Students.
soc.college.teaching-asst: Issues affecting collegiate teaching assistants.

Usenet alt.* Hierarchy (Usenet Newsgroups Formed by Alternative Newsgroup Formation Procedures)

When the Usenet newsgroup formation procedures (involving proposals, discussion, and voting) were decided, dissenters from that plan clung to an "alternate" newsgroup formation procedure. (Contrary to widespread belief, "alt." does not mean "alternative lifestyles.") Newsgroups in the alt.* hierarchy are not necessarily carried by any particular Usenet site. The large commercial on-line services (Prodigy®, AOL®, CompuServe®, MSN®, and so forth) make some effort to provide complete coverage of most of the alt.* newsgroups, but I did notice gaps in coverage as I searched Prodigy, CompuServe, and MSN to compile earlier versions of this FAQ. Few alt.* newsgroups related to education have anywhere near the volume of postings of a "big eight" newsgroup, but some are focused on very interesting aspects of education. Check the alt.alumni.*, alt.prep.*, and alt.school.* hierarchies (not listed exhaustively here) for newsgroups related to specific schools.

alt.bbs.school
alt.building.education: building industry education
alt.cesium: College Educated Students in Universal Mainland.
alt.college
alt.college.camp-all-stars
alt.college.college-bowl: Discussions of the College Bowl competition.
alt.college.food
alt.college.fraternities
alt.college.recovery: The Frustrations of Higher Education
alt.college.sororities
alt.college.tunnels
alt.college.us: Is that "us" as in "U. S.", or do you just mean y'all?
alt.education
alt.education.alternative: School doesn't have to suck!
alt.education.bangkok: The Bangkok distance education project.
alt.education.bangkok.cmc
alt.education.bangkok.databases
alt.education.bangkok.planning
alt.education.bangkok.research
alt.education.bangkok.student
alt.education.bangkok.theory
alt.education.disabled: Education for people with physical/mental disabilities.
alt.education.distance: Learning from teachers who are far away.
alt.education.email-project: The email project for teaching English.
alt.education.higher.stu-affairs: Student Affairs principles & practices.
alt.education.home-school.christian: Christian home-schoolers. (Moderated)
alt.education.home-school.disabilities
alt.education.ib: The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.
alt.education.ib.econ
alt.education.ib.phil
alt.education.ib.tok: International Baccalaureates in Theory of Knowledge.
alt.education.industry.comp
alt.education.maryland.collaborative
alt.education.maryland.cooperative
alt.education.nontrad-degree
alt.education.research: Studying about studying.
alt.education.student.government
alt.education.university.vision2020
alt.elite.prepschools.alumni
alt.finals.suicide
alt.folklore.college: Collegiate humor.
alt.grad.skool.sux: Apparently high school English classes sucked too.
alt.grad-student
alt.grad-student.tenured: Professional students.
alt.illinois.schools.highschools.niles-west: God help Usenet.
alt.learning-to-lead: Be a follower, there's more room in back.
alt.prep.collegiate
alt.radio.college: For discussing college radio stations
alt.school.homework-help: Looking for assistance with schoolwork.
alt.society.high-school: The vaguely alternative world of high school.
alt.speech.debate: High school and collegiate debate and forensics.
alt.student.affairs.net
alt.students.exchange: Discussing specific interests of exchange students.
alt.students.highschool
alt.support.learning-disab: For individuals with learning disabilities.
alt.teachers.lesson-planning: Helping teachers plan their instruction.
alt.uu.lang.russian.misc: Learning Russian at the Usenet University.
alt.uu.math.misc: Learning math at the Usenet University.

Other Miscellaneous Usenet-Style Newsgroups

Other newsgroups provide regional, or even very local coverage, and may or may not be provided at any particular Usenet site. All those listed below were found on one of the four newsgroup sites I searched to compile this FAQ; most were found on more than one. Lewis S. Eisen's master list of newsgroup hierarchies is a great reference source explaining where various newsgroups originate.

The alabama.* hierarchy is based in the state of Alabama in the United States.

alabama.education

The algebra.* newsgroups are based at Swarthmore College; I learned about their existence from an E-mail correspondent who saw an earlier version of this FAQ. They propagate mostly to school-based servers, and do not appear on the Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies.

algebra.abstract
algebra.announcements
algebra.foundations
algebra.overview
algebra.pragmatics
algebra.pre-college
algebra.reps-and-functions
algebra.research
algebra.teacher-ed
algebra.test

Newsgroups with the aus. top-level domain prefix originate in Australia and deal mostly with Australian and Australasian issues. They are available in various places.

aus.education: Helping educators in Australia.
aus.education.bio-newtech: New Technologies in Biology Teaching.
aus.education.npit
aus.education.open-learning: The open learning program.
aus.education.rpl
aus.education.tafense.it
aus.students: Going to school in Australia.
aus.students.overseas: Australian students abroad.

Newsgroups with the bionet. prefix are part of the Biology Network, one of the oldest of the Usenet-format hierarchies outside of Usenet itself. Most professional discussions of biological science take place in bionet.* newsgroups.

bionet.ecology.physiology: Research & education in physiological ecology. (Moderated)
bionet.plants.education: Education issues in plant biology.

Newsgroups with the bit. prefix are mostly mirrors of Bitnet mailing lists (which originate from IBM mainframes). To post messages to these groups it is generally necessary to join the E-mail mailing list.

bit.listserv.aect-l: Educational Communication and Technology
bit.listserv.aera: American Educational Research Association. (Moderated) (Although the mailing list is distributed in sections with alphabetical designations, the newsgroup mirror appears to be combined into one newsgroup, with very low volume, so perhaps not all AERA mailing list messages are mirrored to this newsgroup.)
bit.listserv.ashe-l
bit.listserv.dectei-l: DECUS Education Software Library Discussions
bit.listserv.dsshe-l: Disabled Student Services in Higher Education
bit.listserv.edtech: EDTECH - Educational Technology. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.edusig-l: EDUSIG Discussions
bit.listserv.ibm-hesc: IBM Higher Education Consortium
bit.listserv.lawsch-l: Law School Discussion List.
bit.listserv.lawsch.internships: Law School Internships.
bit.listserv.lis-l: Library and Information Science Students.
bit.listserv.mba-l: MBA Student curriculum Discussion.
bit.listserv.medforum: Medical Students Discussions. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.pyscgrad: Psychology Grad Student Discussions.
bit.listserv.sganet: Student Government Global Mail Network.
bit.listserv.slart-l: SLA Reseach and Teaching. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.snurse-l: International Nursing Student Group.
bit.listserv.tesl-l: Teachers of ESL. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.vocnet: Vocational Education Discussion Group.

Newsgroups with the bln. prefix originate in Berlin, Germany.

bln.lehre.schule: Rund um die Berliner Schulen.

Newsgroups with the can. prefix originate in Canada. The can.schoolnet.* hierarchy is a Canadian network connecting schools, which is fairly active.

can.rsc.discussion.professeurs: General teacher discussions in French.
can.schoolnet.arts.drama: Drama studies in elementary/secondary schools.
can.schoolnet.arts.music: Music studies in elementary/secondary schools.
can.schoolnet.biomed.jr: SchoolNet Biology and Medicine for elementary students.
can.schoolnet.biomed.sr: SchoolNet Biology and Medicine for high school students.
can.schoolnet.chat.students.jr: General talk by elementary school SchoolNet students.
can.schoolnet.chat.students.sr: General talk by high school SchoolNet students.
can.schoolnet.chat.teachers: General talk by SchoolNet teachers.
can.schoolnet.chem.jr: SchoolNet Chemistry for elementary students.
can.schoolnet.chem.sr: SchoolNet Chemistry for high school students.
can.schoolnet.comp.jr: SchoolNet Computer Science for elementary students.
can.schoolnet.comp.sr: SchoolNet Computer Science for high school students.
can.schoolnet.earth.jr: SchoolNet Earth Sciences for elementary students.
can.schoolnet.earth.sr: SchoolNet Earth Sciences for high school students.
can.schoolnet.elecsys.jr: SchoolNet EE and Systems Eng. for elementary students.
can.schoolnet.elecsys.sr: SchoolNet EE and Systems Eng. for high school students.
can.schoolnet.eng.jr: SchoolNet Engineering for elementary students.
can.schoolnet.eng.sr: SchoolNet Engineering for high school students.
can.schoolnet.english: English elementary/secondary schools curriculum.
can.schoolnet.firefighters: Profession of firefighting and fire prevention.
can.schoolnet.history: History studies in elementary/secondary schools.
can.schoolnet.jrjays: Jr. Jays fan club for Toronto Blue Jays.
can.schoolnet.math.jr: SchoolNet Mathematics for elementary students.
can.schoolnet.math.sr: SchoolNet Mathematics for high school students.
can.schoolnet.phys.jr: SchoolNet physics for elementary-school students
can.schoolnet.phys.sr: SchoolNet physics for high-school students
can.schoolnet.physed: Physical education in elementary/secondary schools.
can.schoolnet.problems: The group to gripe in about SchoolNet or find its FAQs.
can.schoolnet.projects.calls: SchoolNet CFPs, project announcements.
can.schoolnet.projects.discuss: SchoolNet project discussion.
can.schoolnet.school.improvement: School improvement and enhancement.
can.schoolnet.socsci.jr: SchoolNet Social Sciences for elementary students.
can.schoolnet.socsci.sr: SchoolNet Social Sciences for high school students.
can.schoolnet.space.jr: SchoolNet Space Sciences for elementary students.
can.schoolnet.space.sr: SchoolNet Space Sciences for high school students.
can.schoolnet.staff.development: Staff development.
can.shad-valley: The Shad Valley program for gifted high school students.

Newsgroups with the chile. prefix originate in Chile.

chile.educacion.pronuevo: espiritu emprendedor para el desarrollo de academicos. (Moderated)

The clari.news.* newsgroups are part of the Clarinet News Service, commercially provided news feeds from wire services, mostly AP and Reuters. The news service stories that appear as articles in the clari.news.* newsgroups are copyrighted, and the copyright holders do enforce their copyrights, so read but don't repost. The clari.news.education service is not carried at all local sites, because it costs money to receive, but is quite interesting in the international variety of articles on education that it provides.

clari.news.education.misc: News about primary and secondary education, schools, teachers and students.
clari.news.education.higher: News pertaining to colleges and universities, students and professors.
clari.news.education.releases: Press releases covering education.

cna.edu.domestic
cna.edu.foreign
cna.edu.mainland

Newsgroups with the de. prefix are international German-language newgroups, and are quite widely propagated.

de.soc.studium: Diskussion Studium, Studienbedingungen usw.
de.soc.studium.verbindungen: Studentenverbindungen, Inhalte, Probleme,

There is a set of newsgroups for Edinburgh, Scotland that do not appreciate education-related crossposts, which those newsgroups receive because of their name. You'll notice that I am not providing any links to those newsgroups here. Be sure to read each newsgroup before posting to it.

The eug.education.homeschooling newsgroup is part of the regional eug. hierarchy, which appears to be based in the state of Oregon in the United States.

eug.education.homeschooling

Newsgroups with the finet. prefix are based in Finland or in the Finnish language.

finet.freenet.oppimiskeskus.euroschool: European School Projektin tiedoituksia yms. Myvs keskustelua asiasta voidaan kdydd.

Newsgroups with the fj. prefix deal with Japan or are in the Japanese language. There are English-language "spam" postings, but those are just disgusting distractions from the intended content of the newsgroups, which is articles from or about Japan.

fj.education: About education in general.
fj.education.announce: Announcement related to education.
fj.education.math: Discussions on mathematics education.

Newsgroups with the flora. prefix appear to originate from Ontario, Canada. This hierarchy does not appear on the Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies.

flora.home-based-learning

Newsgroups with the fr. prefix are international French-language newsgroups.

fr.education.divers
fr.education.medias

The geometry.* newsgroups are based at Swarthmore College, for discussions of geometry. The most widely propagated of these is geometry.pre-college, which is quite active.

geometry.announcements: Geometry Announcements. (Moderated)
geometry.college: Geometry at the College Level. (Moderated)
geometry.forum: Geometry Forum Discussion and Information. (Moderated)
geometry.institutes: Institutes for Geometry Study. (Moderated)
geometry.pre-college: Geometry for Secondary Education. (Moderated)
geometry.puzzles: Recreational Geometry Problems. (Moderated)
geometry.research: Geometry Research. (Moderated)
geometry.software.dynamic: Discussion of Dynamic Geometry Software. (Moderated)

Newsgroups with the git. prefix originate at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Georgia Tech has a large number of newsgroups specific to particular classes at that university, which propagate to other Usenet sites.

git.edutech
git.edutech.ms: Middle School Project
git.edutech.ms.problems: Middle School project, materials committee
git.edutech.ms.software: Middle School project, software committee

Newsgroups with the hawaii. prefix originate in Hawaii, United States.

hawaii.education

Newsgroups with the ia. prefix originate in Iowa, United States.

ia.org.eee: Electronic Educational Exchange --- technology for educators.

Newsgroups with the ieee. prefix are maintained by IEEE, an organization of electrical engineers and engineering students.

ieee.eab.announce: Educational Activities - Announcements.
ieee.eab.general: Educational Activities - General Discussion.
ieee.students: IEEE Student Activities.

Newsgroups with the israel. prefix originate in Israel.

israel.dayschoolproj

Newsgroups with the it. prefix originate in Italy. The it.scuola newsgroup mirrors a BBS echo network, much as the k12 newsgroups do.

it.scuola
it.scienza

The k12.* hierarchy is an international educational network (mostly for schoolteachers) that originated as an "echo" connection between local or in-school electronic bulletin board systems (BBSes), back when few members of the general public had Internet connections. It is the most active international group of teachers. Some of the K12 discussions are quite active and most are now readily available at many local Usenet sites.

k12.chat.elementary: Casual conversation for elementary students, grades 1-5.
k12.chat.junior: Casual conversation for students in grades 6-8.
k12.chat.senior: Casual conversation for high school students.
k12.chat.teacher: Casual conversation for teachers of grades k-12.
k12.ed.art: Arts & crafts curricula in k-12 education.
k12.ed.business: Business education curricula in grades k-12.
k12.ed.comp.literacy: Teaching computer literacy in grades k-12.
k12.ed.health-pe: Health and Physical Education curricula in grades K-12.
k12.ed.life-skills: Home Economics, career education, and school counseling.
k12.ed.math: Mathematics curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.music: Music and Performing Arts curriculum in K-12 education
k12.ed.science: Science curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.soc-studies: Social studies and History curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.special: Educating students with handicaps and/or special needs.
k12.ed.tag: K-12 education for gifted and talented students.
k12.ed.tech: Industrial arts & vocational education in grades K-12.
k12.lang.art: The art of teaching language skills in grades k-12.
k12.lang.deutsch-eng
k12.lang.esp-eng
k12.lang.francais
k12.lang.japanese
k12.lang.russian
k12.library: Implementing info technologies in school libraries.
k12.sys.channel0: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel1: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel2: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel3: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel4: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel5: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel6: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel7: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel8: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel9: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel10: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel11: Current projects.
k12.sys.channel12: Current projects.
k12.sys.projects: Discussion of potential projects.

There is a law.school.* hierarchy with several groups that I found on several news servers. I have no idea how active the hierarchy is or whether it is used by more than one law school.

law.school.antitrust: Electronic Study Group for Antitrust
law.school.corps: Electronic Study Group for Corporation Law
law.school.partner: Electronic Study Group for Graduate Tax Partnership Law
law.school.s-corp: Electronic Study Group for Graduate Tax Corporations
law.school.legal-prof: Electronic Study Group for Legal Profession
law.school.tax.busiplan: Electronic Study Group for Business Planning

Newsgroups with the man. prefix originate in Manitoba, Canada.

man.education

Newsgroups with the maus. prefix originate from Maus-Netz in Germany.

maus.soc.fernuni: Gruppe zum Gedankenaustausch zwischen Fernstudenten.

Newsgroups with the memphis. prefix originate in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

memphis.mecca: Memphis Educational Computer Connectivity Alliance.

Newsgroups with the mex. prefix are Mexican newsgroups.

mex.edu: Issues about education.

Newsgroups with the mit. prefix originate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

mit.evat: Education Via Advanced Technologies at MIT.

Newsgroups with the nebr. prefix originate in Nebraska, United States.

nebr.edu: Nebraska Education.

nersc.SuperKids: Forum for Superkids Education program.

Newsgroups with the no. prefix originate in Norway.

no.student.nett: Datanett for studenter, studentboliger, mv.
no.student.samfund: Norske studentersamfund, studentforeninger, mv.

Newsgroups with the nordunet. prefix are part of the Nordic National Research Network.

nordunet.edu.suppl-instr: Implementing Supplemental Instruction

Newsgroups with the ny. prefix originate in New York (the state), United States.

ny.nysernet: Discussions about NY State Educ. Research Network.

Newsgroups with the oh. prefix originate in Ohio, United States.

oh.acad-sci: OAS: science, engineering, technology and education.
oh.k12: Elementary education in Ohio.

othernet.fidonet.nz.schools

Newsgroups with the pdaxs. prefix are part of the Portland Metronet based in Portland, Oregon, United States.

pdaxs.issues.education: Educational issues - college, high school, etc.
pdaxs.schools.misc: What we teach is hard to describe .
pdaxs.schools.music: Musical lessons.
pdaxs.schools.sports: How to play golf, tennis,.

Newsgroups with the pnw. prefix originate in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. Activity is quite light on pnw.education, which may not be available on many Usenet news servers.

pnw.education: Education issues in the Pacific Northwest

Newsgroups with the relcom. prefix originated in the former Soviet Union and post articles mostly in Cyrillic script.

relcom.education: Education discussions, from pre-school to higher; [Russian description]

Newsgroups with the schl. prefix are newsgroup echos of Kidlink mailing lists.

schl.kids.cafe
schl.news.edupage
schl.news.unitek
schl.sig.edtech
schl.sig.home-ed
schl.sig.k12admin
schl.sig.kidsphere
schl.sig.lmnet
schl.sig.tag
schl.stu.issues
schl.sucks

The school.* newsgroup hierarchy appears to have originated during the summer of 1995 in Europe. (I saw postings, not many, with E-mail addresses from the UK and Germany when I found it then.)

school.config: Configuration in this Newsgroups.
school.general: General Information about Projects, News, etc.
school.project.esp: European School Project.
school.project.pluto: Project to Link Universities and Training Org.
school.pupils: Discussion & chat between pupils.
school.subjects.humanities: Politics, Religion, History, Geography etc.
school.subjects.languages: English, Deutsch, Francais etc.
school.subjects.science: Physics, cs, etc.
school.teachers: Discussion & chat between teachers.
school.test: Testing, Testing.

Newsgroups with the schule. prefix are German-language school newsgroups.

schule.allgemein: Offenes Deutsches Schul-Netz.
schule.berufsbildung.innovationen
schule.blinde
schule.geistwis
schule.info: Informationen der Projekte und Gruppen.
schule.informatik.allgemein
schule.informatik.curr
schule.informatik.projekt
schule.jufo
schule.klassenfahrten: Fuer Klassenfahrten.
schule.konfig
schule.mathe
schule.mathe.did
schule.natwis: Naturwissenschaftliche Faecher.
schule.polhist
schule.schueler.forum
schule.software
schule.sport
schule.sprachen
schule.test
schule.ticker: Fuer allgemeine Presseartikel.
schule.umwelt.aerodata
schule.umwelt.allgemein
schule.umwelt.aquadata
schule.umwelt.globe-g
schule.umwelt.terradata: Das Terradata-Projekt in der Bionet-Initiative.
schule.verwaltung
schule.zeitung: Austausch von Materialien von Schuelerzeitungen.

Newsgroups with the shamash. prefix are Jewish newsgroups.

shamash.torch-d: About religious Jewish homeschooling (Moderated)

sover.schools

Newsgroups with the su. prefix originate at Stanford University. Stanford has numerous newsgroups related to particular classes taught at Stanford, which are not listed exhaustively here.

su.org.teaching: Center for Teaching and Learning group.

Newsgroups with the swnet. prefix originate in Sweden.

swnet.org.skolverket.skol-net: Discussion of contents and use of information on a Swedish School-net

Newsgroups with the tnn. prefix originate in Japan.

tnn.edu+net.announce: Newsgroup for information exchange on education and network [announce] [Moderated]
tnn.edu+net.edu: Newsgroup for information exchange on education and network [Moderated]
tnn.edu+net.misc: Newsgroup for information exchange on education and network [misc]. [Moderated]
tnn.edu+net.net: Newsgroup for information exchange on education and network [net]. [Moderated]

Newsgroups with the tw. prefix originate in Taiwan. Many of the articles are posted in Chinese. There are now many newsgroups under the tw.bbs.alumni.* and tw.bbs.campus.* hierarchies, not exhaustively listed here. There are also several newsgroups under the tw.k-12.* hierarchy referring to specific school subjects, much the way the can.schoolnet.* or k12.* hierarchies are organized.

tw.bbs.alumni: BBS Board of Alumni of Taiwanese Schools
tw.bbs.campus.activity: BBS Board of School Life
tw.bbs.campus.advancededu: BBS Board of Advanced Study
tw.bbs.campus.education
tw.bbs.edu.normal: [Chinese description]
tw.k-12.education
tw.k-12.policy
tw.k-12.special-education
tw.k-12.teachers

Newsgroups with the uk. prefix originate in the United Kingdom.

uk.education.16plus: All aspects of 16+, community and adult education.
uk.education.maths
uk.education.misc: General discussion of UK educational matters; Discussion relating to education issues.
uk.education.schools-it
uk.education.staffroom
uk.education.teachers: UK education matters especially relevant to teachers.; For discussion by/about teachers

Newsgroups with the umn. prefix originate at the University of Minnesota. The University of Minnesota has several newsgroups related to particular classes at the University, which are not listed exhaustively here.

umn.coled.alumni: College of Education Alumni

Newsgroups with the wyo. prefix originate in Wyoming, United States.

wyo.education: Discussions concerning education in Wyoming

Newsgroups with the z-netz. prefix originate from Z-Netz, in Germany.

z-netz.alt.schule.waldorf: Rund um die Waldorf-Schulen.
z-netz.bildung.schule: Schule bis zum Abitur.
z-netz.bildung.uni: von und mit Studenten und Professoren

Newsgroups with the za. prefix originate from South Africa or are in the Afrikaans language. (The prefix comes from the word "Azania," abbreviated to distinguish it from "Arizona").

za.edu.comp: The use of computers in education.
za.schools: Issues affecting primary and secondary education.

[Education-Related Newsgroups FAQ last revision 9 May 1998]

I hope this is food for thought on development of new newsgroups and possibly new newsgroup hierarchies. I appreciate any comments, disagreements, or suggestions you have.

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