Welcome to Education World's "Best of '97"! Review the year's top education news! Check out a handful of Education World's best original stories and our Top-20 education Web sites for 1997!

Original Articles From playground maps to using the Internet. From Ms. Frizzle to the Titanic! A handful of Education World's best original articles from 1997! Top Education News Stories Review the education news stories that grabbed headlines in 1997! Education Site Reviews Twenty of the best sites for educators culled from this year's monthly site reviews! Cool School of the Year Which school is the coolest? We will be picking one soon! Find out how, when, and why! Education World Hot Spots! Which Education World pages are hot? Visit the places our users visit most! Chalk Talk Challenge Meet this year's contest winners - and read what players thought about hot education issues in 1997!

Editorial Letter From the Editor 'Twas the week before year-end and all through the site, the editor's been poring… Where have we been? What's in store? And more! Future Plans for Education World™ Our Director of Technology shares exciting plans for the site in 1998! What Our Users Think The good, the bad, and the funny ... Read what our users said about us in 1997!