Today’s roundup veers off slightly in the direction of K-12 ed… Jay Mathews, the Washington Post’s venerable education blogger, worked with Ken Bernstein to put together a list of their favorite education blogs. (I know, this is getting really meta.) They’re mostly focused on K-12 rather than higher ed, but there are some choice bits about learning and technology in there as well.

Remember how we mentioned the credit crunch last week, and its relationship to student loans? Well, Congress must have been reading us!

Inside Higher Ed reports that the Senate is taking up legislation to address the student loan squeeze. Ted Kennedy is taking the lead. A bill like that will probably cost us, but there’s no better way to improve the economy in the long run than building an educated citizenry. (Consider the GI Bill, widely credited with resuscitating the postwar U.S. economy and creating the prosperity of the 1950s.)

This isn’t exactly a recent post, but George Siemens over at Connectivism posts a thoughtful rant (if there is such a thing) about educators who hesitate to employ technology in the classroom, in deference to “sound pedagogy.” A phrase that drives Siemens up the wall, but which to me sounds like an excellent band name.

And finally, Educated Nation posts a handy list (preceded by a post with amusing use of asterisks) of articles about what is apparently the latest trend in academia: performance-enhancing drugs. Brain performance, that is.