Believe it or not, the summer will be over before we know it, and back-to-school it will be for Boston’s thousands upon thousands of college students. It’s no secret that our city is an educational mecca for students. But Boston’s education-related bragging rights aren’t limited to the host of world-class universities that young students call home, as indicated by our BSOI series throughout the month of June (access all the content here). Boston-area residents and professionals are hitting the proverbial books, and have an increasing number of firms focused on untraditional education to thank. Check out these five forward-thinking Boston-area education blogs worth reading. You just might learn something.

This is not an exhaustive list. Please share your favorite local education blogs–untraditional and otherwise–in the comments below, and stay tuned for lots of content from Boston-area students on BostInno this fall!