Mingyan Ma @mingyanma.bsky.social Doctoral Student in Ed Policy Studies @BU Wheelock | M.A. in Econ & Ed @Columbia TC | Senior Research Assistant @PKU
she/her/hers
https://mingyan-ma.com/
Hanyun Cui @hanyuncui.bsky.social Ph.D. Student in Edu Policy at Boston University
M.A. in Education and Social Policy at New York University
B.A. in Management at University of Liverpool
Phi Adajar (they/them) @padajar.bsky.social econ phd at mit, studying education / sometimes i put words on the internet / on the 2026-27 job market / padajar.com
Jori Barash @joribarash.bsky.social I study industrial organization, labor economics, and market design in healthcare and higher education.
https://www.joribarash.com/
Mike Darisse @mdarisse.bsky.social Economics PhD candidate at Florida State University | On the 2026-27 job market.
https://michaeldarisse.github.io/
Elisa Xi Chen @elisaxchen.bsky.social Artist cursed to be a female economist in this life. PhD student @Harvard.
My Roman Empire: Labor, Education, Development, Gender
https://elisaxchen.github.io/
Axel Norgren @axelnorgren.bsky.social PhD student at Linköping University with a focus on Economics of Education (School Accountability, Teacher Labor markets, School Choice)
Kyle Butts @kylefbutts.bsky.social Econ AP at University of Arkansas
https://kylebutts.com/
@janikdeutscher.bsky.social @janikdeutscher.bsky.social Econ PhD student at UPF Barcelona. Interested in education and structural econometrics.
Clara Schaeper @schaeper-clara.bsky.social Econ PhD cand., visiting @HarvardHBS & @HarvardGSAS
Fall 24', @BSE-Berlin @DIW-Berlin @DIW-GradCenter, former @PSEinfo @AlumniPse • Interests: Labour and Gender
Personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/clara-schaeper
Katie Hyland @hylandka.bsky.social PhD student in Education Policy and Program Evaluation at Harvard University
Brittany Vasquez @brittanyvasquez.bsky.social Postdoc at UPenn GSE | Researching education finance & policy | 2022 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow | Wake Forest & UMich Ford School Alum
Margaret Chen @margaretkchen.bsky.social 🇹🇼🇺🇸. Economics PhD student at UChicago. Public, labor, behavioral.
Travis H. Olson @travis-h-olson.bsky.social I study higher education policy and organizational governance related to technology/data and sexuality/gender.
travisheatholson.com
Natalie Millar @nataliemillar.bsky.social Economist and Styslinger Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution studying the labor market returns to job training programs and business incentives.
https://www.nataliemillar.net
Sarah Novicoff @snovicoff.bsky.social Researcher at PPIC. Former History teacher, Stanford & Brown alum. Fan of ice cream, hikes, and equity. All opinions are my own.
Nick Gebbia @nickgebbia.bsky.social Hoover Fellow @ Stanford / Hoover Institution. Berkeley Econ PhD. Arsenal fan & lifting 🏋🏻♂️ More at: www.nickgebbia.com
Carolyn Tsao @tsaocaro.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Economics, Princeton University | Labor, Personnel, Education
Lisa Hanzl @lisahanzl.bsky.social Researcher @ European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research. Labor/feminist/inequality economics. She/they.
https://www.lisahanzl.com/
Zach Weingarten @zachweingarten.bsky.social Economics Job Market Candidate at Penn | labor, education, health, child development, and IO | pronounced wine-garden
Personal site: https://www.zachweingarten.com
Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social
He/Him | UMN Public Affairs PhD Candidate | Labor Economicsy Things | Carleton ‘19 | Formerly FDIC and PC🇺🇦 | Occasionally posts about the White Sox, music, and distance running | All views expressed are my own
Wesley T. Morris @wesleytmorris.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ed Policy
at the University of Maryland, College Park, Studying teacher labor markets, the economics of education, and rural communities.
wesleytmorris.com
Cäcilia vom Baur (née Lipowski) @cacilialipowski.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ifo_Institut/LMU (Applied Micro/Labor)
https://sites.google.com/view/cacilialipowski/about-me
Lavinia Kinne @kinnelavinia.bsky.social PostDoc (on tt) in Economics at DIW Berlin; Research on Education, Gender, Labor, Behavioral Economics
Katharina Wedel @katharinawedel.bsky.social Postdoc @ifo_institut and @LMU_muenchen | previous Visiting Researcher @Kennedy_School | Economics of Education
Raphael Brade @raphaelbrade.bsky.social Econ postdoc @ifo_Institut @ifoeducation.bsky.social. Interested in Economics of Education, Public Economics, Behavioral Economics, and Applied Microeconomics. Views are my own.
https://sites.google.com/view/raphaelbrade/
Rafael Hernández-Pachón @rafael-hdzp.bsky.social Incoming Postdoctoral Scholar @aalto.fi, PhD @econ.uzh.ch. I work at the intersection of development and labor economics, with a focus on the economics of education and child development.
https://sites.google.com/view/rafaelhernandezpachon
Alex J Moran @alexmoran.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland, Baltimore - Former Science Teacher - Michigan T&F/XC Alumni
Andrew Avitabile @andrewavit.bsky.social Education Policy PhD candidate at UVA
Evaluating education policies, with a particular focus on teachers, in the US and LMICs
https://www.andrew-avitabile.com
Jalnidh Kaur @jalnidh.bsky.social Asst Prof of Economics @Adam Smith Business School, UGlasgow l Economics of Education, Development, Behavioral Economics | Previously Columbia, Oxford, St. Stephen's College, Delhi | Mom
www.jalnidhkaur.com
Harneet Kaur @harneetkaur.bsky.social Postdoc Fellow @UAMS | Ph.D. Maxwell School Syracuse Univ | Education Policy, Labor Econ, Mental Health, Food and Nutrition Policy
https://harneetkaur.in/
Daniel Sparks @jdsparks.bsky.social Prof @UArk | interested in higher ed finance, community colleges, ed privatization and cycling. Opinions my own..
CJ Libassi @clibassi.bsky.social phd student in econ and ed at EPSAatTC. formerly: SMPAGWU, College Board, CAPhighered, edpolicyford, ComunidadMadrid, pgcps.
Trudy Keil, PhD @trudykeil.bsky.social Researches teacher activism | Advocate for Public Ed | EAL Teacher | STF Councillor | Pronouns: She/Her 🏳️🌈 Regina, SK
Website: trudylk.wordpress.com
Academic Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Trudy-Keil
Jamēla @thejdoctrine.bsky.social Doctoral Student | Howard University | Education Policy | Educator | 1913 ❤️| Education Policy Commentator
https://open.substack.com/pub/thejdoctrine
Prashant Garg @prashantgarg.bsky.social Econ Postdoc @Bocconi.
PhD @imperial.
AI and measurement in economics.
prashantgarg.org
Abby Orrick @abbyorrick.bsky.social PhDing at Harvard, studying schools + race + policy / eagerly a Michigander + UMich alum / always ready to talk about reality tv + trains / 🏳️🌈✨
Tiernan Evans @tiernane.bsky.social Economics PhD Candidate (Labo(u)r/ Education/ Spatial) at LSE
On the 2024-25 academic job market
tiernanevans.com/
Sven Hartmann @svenahartmann.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher | Labor & Media Economics, Political Economy | firstgen
https://www.svenhartmann.com
Mikkel Aagaard Houmark @mikkelhoumark.bsky.social Postdoc, Economics, Aarhus University,
studying the genetic and social determinants of inequality. https://sites.google.com/view/mikkelhoumark
Stanislav Avdeev @stnavdeev.com Econ PhD candidate at University of Amsterdam. Interested in human capital: education and health
https://stnavdeev.com
Josefina Senese @josefinasenese.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate in Ed Studies at Boston University. Made in Argentina 🇦🇷
http://josefinasenese.com/
Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social Yale Postdoc | SMU PhD | Fields: Health Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconometrics | Studying child development, mortality, and health inequities | he/him | WT alum
Website: https://traviswhitacre.github.io/
Rachel Ambler @rachelspace.bsky.social Econ PhD student at University of Bath | education/labour/household economics | inveterate list-maker | ‘Keep the child in view’
https://rachel-ambler.owlstown.net/
Maria Sauval @mariasauval.bsky.social Postdoc at Aalto University // PhD UC Irvine // social policies, early childhood, education policy.
From 🇺🇾
https://sites.google.com/view/mariasauval/home
Caitlin Kearney @caitlinkearney.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Purdue University, Department of Sociology | Ed Policy PhD from UNC Chapel Hill
I use sociological theories of organizations to study education policy!
Bia @beatrizgietner.bsky.social PhD candidate in Econ at UCDublin. Progress, Education, and Human Capital.
https://beagietner.github.io/webpage/ Just work-related stuff here, check my Twitter/X for a personality
Sam Cullum @samacullum.bsky.social Ed Policy PhD candidate @PennGSE | researcher at @EPICedpolicy | accountability and local implementation of federal policy
Jacopo Bassetto @jacopobassetto.bsky.social https://sites.google.com/view/jacopobassetto/home
Postdoc at University of Milan (La Statale), Economics. Migration, education, labor.
Pere A. Taberner @pereataberner.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social & @FundacioIEB • Research Economist @ksnet.bsky.social • Education, Gender, Labour, Policy Evaluation, Data Science • My views
https://www.peretaberner.eu/
Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social Labor, Organizations, and (Field) Experiments | Postdoc @UniKonstanz studying how social environments shape economic decisions, preferences, and norms.
https://sites.google.com/view/pschneider/about-me
Ritika Sethi @rsritikasethi.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher and instructor at Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
www.ritikasethi.com
Anika Alam @anikaalam.bsky.social AI in education researcher. PhD in Education Policy. Former teacher. She/her.
Holly Korbey @hollykorbey.bsky.social Education journalist @ The 74, The Hechinger Report, TES, more. Author of Building Better Citizens. Mom to three young men in Nashville, TN. Subscribe to The Bell Ringer, my Substack about the science of learning: https://hollykorbey.substack.com
Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social I write about education for The Hechinger Report.
Sign up for my once-a-week (always free) newsletter: https://hechingerreport.org/proofpoints/
Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social Ideas editor at Chalkbeat
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/ideas/
mbarnum@chalkbeat.org
Adam Harris @adamhsays.com writer, southern.
Co-host, Radio Atlantic.
Author of The State Must Provide. Writing Is This America?
More: www.harrisadam.com
Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social Chief Economics Correspondent for The New York Times. Adjunct at CUNY Newmark. Ex: FiveThirtyEight, WSJ. He/him.
Email: ben.casselman@nytimes.com
Signal: @bencasselman.96
📸: Earl Wilson/NYT 
Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social K-12 education policy person with a focus on school finance. Currently Director, Education Funding Equity Initiative @educationwork.newamerica.org. Formerly EdTrust, EdBuild. Parent. Order Muppet. Tired of all this.
Chad Aldeman @chadaldeman.bsky.social I write about education finance policy and teacher labor markets. Follow that work: https://www.chadaldeman.com/
And helping children learn to read @ ReadNotGuess.com
Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social Who am I? I wonder sometimes and then remind myself here, http://caldercenter.org & here, http://cedr.us. Views are usually mine, & are not necessarily reflective of anything.
CALDER Center @caldercenter.bsky.social A project of the American Institutes for Research (@airinforms.bsky.social) and university scholars, committed to analysis of data that informs education policy. Visit us at www.caldercenter.org.
Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news network covering schools and education policy across the U.S. Follow our education journalism at chalkbeat.org. Have a news tip? Here's how you can reach us: ckbe.at/contact-chalkbeat or email us at community@chalkbeat.org
The 74 @the74.bsky.social America's education news source
Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya.bsky.social Ex-NPR. Writer. New Narratives Fellow, EHRP. Books: Generation Debt, DIY U, The Art of Screen Time, The Test, The Stolen Year, and next up: Falling In Love With The World Again. thegoldenhour.substack.com
Mark Lieberman @marklieberman.bsky.social K-12 school finance reporter for @edweek.org and proud member of @edweekunion.bsky.social.
mlieberman@educationweek.org
Signal: malieberman.25
Andrew Ujifusa @andrewujifusa.bsky.social I'm an editor at Chalkbeat, a national nonprofit news organization and a division of Civic News Company. I previously worked at Education Week's Politics K-12 vertical, and also at Maryland and Mississippi newspapers. I taught at two high schools in Japan.
Center on Reinventing Public Education @crpe.bsky.social We research bold ideas to reshape K-12 education in the United States. Part of ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton College.
Find us here, on X (for now), on LinkedIn, and at crpe.org.
Conor P. Williams @conorpwilliams.bsky.social Writer and researcher in DC. Lotta PreK–12 and immigration policy. Dopily pro-America, stridently anti-fascist.
Also: Former stay-at-home dad. Primary caregiver. Just my views here.
Christina Samuels @casamuels.bsky.social Deputy Managing Editor for The Hechinger Report. We do education.🎓
Former employers: Ed Week, Washington Post, Miami Herald. FAMU grad.🐍
Signal: cas.37
Philip Nye @philipnye.bsky.social Senior data scientist @instituteforgovernment.org.uk • Words and numbers on what the govt is up to, edu policy, doing data at a thinktank • Bilingual: 🐍/SQL • Sign up to the IfG newsletter: http://bit.ly/3xDINTz
Hilary Wething @hilwething.bsky.social Economist at EPI. Former Asst Prof at Penn State's School of Public Policy. I research labor policy, women's employment, and education policy. https://www.epi.org/people/hilary-wething/
Laura Bornfreund @lbornfreund.bsky.social Author, policy researcher, educator. Education Policy Fellow at New America. Passionate about transforming kindergarten. I live in Florida. Mom to 2. Go UCF Knights!
Education.bornfreund.com
Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social VP, Education & Work, New America. Writes about education for the New York Times, Atlantic, Vox, etc. I’ve made my mind a sunless space.
Shalin Jyotishi @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social Science, Workforce, & Industrial Policy + Implementation. Founding Director Future of Work & Innovation Economy @New America Writer @Forbes. Visiting Scholar @ASU. Occasional musician.
#SciPol #EduSky #STS #EconSky
https://linktr.ee/shalinjyotishi
Eddy Conroy @econroy.bsky.social “There’s some good in this world… and it’s worth fighting for”
Running comms for National College Attainment Network, all things higher ed policy and practice.
Plus food and cocktails. Opinions mine.
Rachel M. Perera @rachelmarisa.bsky.social 👩🏽💻 Research & write about k-12 ed policy @ Brookings
💖 Stationery, books, coffee, & reality tv
🏆 Once voted best penmanship
Eliza Haverstock @elizahaverstock.bsky.social Student loans reporter @ NerdWallet. I cover higher ed topics through a personal finance lens (FAFSA, repayment plans, loan forgiveness, etc). English language teacher. Prev: Forbes, Bloomberg, Pitchbook. Go hoos!
Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social Higher Education. All of it. All around the world. Also: snark, sumo, Winnipeg Jets triumphalism and bitching about Toronto FC.
I blog here: https://higheredstrategy.com/blog/
I podcast here: https://worlded.transistor.fm/
Jessica Blake @jessicablake.bsky.social Inside Higher Ed, Policy Reporter | Mizzou Made | Ohio Born & Bred
Ryan Quinn @ryanequinn.bsky.social Inside Higher Ed policy reporter
Sara Weissman @saraweissman.insidehighered.com Senior reporter at Inside Higher Ed. Runs on coffee. Covering post-traditional students and the institutions that serve them + religion and higher ed.
Liam Knox @liamknox.bsky.social Education reporter at Bloomberg News. Send tips to lknox18@bloomberg.net
Sara Custer @saracuster.insidehighered.com Editor-in-chief @insidehighered.com | Okie in DC | She/her | Human servant to greyhound Neville | #highered | #academicsky | #scifi
Susan Greenberg @susanhgreenberg.insidehighered.com Managing Editor @insidehighered.com. Formerly @newsweek.com and Middlebury College. Writer, editor, teacher, empty nester. Love DC but New England will always be home.
Melissa Ezarik @melissaezarik.bsky.social Editor, Writer, Content Manager; developed Student Success news hub at @InsideHigherEd, supporting #highered admins & professors in their support of students. Yen for data & sharing via infographics.
Kathryn Palmer @kathrynpalmer.bsky.social Writing about the intersection of academic life, science, technology and research policy for Inside Higher Ed. Nothing endures but change.
Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com journo second, dog lover first
currently: graphics intern @ NBC News | CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
Katherine Knott @knottkatherine.bsky.social News editor at Inside Higher Ed, forever higher ed policy nerd. Missing old Twitter.
Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social Journalist. Covering money & management @insidehighered.com. Nebraskan in DC. 🌽
Jeff Bryant @jeffbinnc.bsky.social Chief correspondent Our Schools, an education media project of the Independent Media Institute and lead fellow Public School Advocate at The Progressive Magazine. Texas native now based in Chapel Hill, NC. Website: https://edpolitics.org/
Ben Wildavsky @wildavsky.bsky.social Author, The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections, from @PrincetonUPress. Host #HigherEdSpotlight podcast. Visiting fellow @HGSE.
Tom ‘Beardo’ Hilliard @tomh4.bsky.social Trying to stay focused on higher ed, but someone always seems to be wrong on the internet.
Alix Gallagher @agallagheredpolicy.bsky.social Education policy researcher studying strategies for system improvement that improve student outcomes. Mom to humans and dogs. Swimming, water polo, hiking, and cooking to relax. My posts are my opinions and interests.
John M. Fredericks @johmattfred.bsky.social ASU ed policy PhD student • education writing in Newsweek, Hechinger Report, Clarion Ledger, and others • creative writer, sort of • link below 👇
https://linktr.ee/johnmattfred
Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social Journalist, lawyer, author, POVERTY FOR PROFIT and ABANDONED @thenewpress: https://tinyurl.com/5n6h2db3 // BETRAYED: https://commonsensecoalition.net // www.anneskim.com // All views my own
Beth Hawkins @bethhawkins.bsky.social National Correspondent, The 74 Million. I think a lot about great journalism, better schools, disrupting inequity, neurodiversity and all things LGBTQ. Tacos & craft cider.
Half my heart moved to Wisconsin, so also secret shopping creameries. 
TeacherDanMax @teacherdanmax.bsky.social A writer, educator and school leader living and working in Asia. Passionate about education, development & human rights.
Writer for Asian Correspondent, The Nation, Bangkok Post, and South China Morning Post.
Dana Goldstein @danagoldstein.bsky.social New York Times reporter. I write mostly about education, writ broadly: how it impacts politics, culture, and family life. Enthusiastic fiction reader, home cook, mom.