The 74 @the74.bsky.social America's education news source
Brendan Bartanen @brendanbartanen.bsky.social Associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia. Stumbling my way through the AI revolution at https://brendanbartanen.substack.com/
Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social A high school teacher for 23 years to ELL & English-proficient students, community organizer for previous 19 years, author or editor of 13 books on education, Ed Week teacher advice columnist, committed - though mediocre - basketball and Pickleball player.
jenn-ash-ed-policy.bsky.social @jenn-ash-ed-policy.bsky.social 
D.C. Policy Center @dcpolicycenter.bsky.social Trusted Research. Tangible Results.
Your go-to source for insights, data, and policy trends shaping D.C. and the metro area.
https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/
Karen Vaites @karenvaites.bsky.social I want excellent schools for all kids, and I write about literacy, math, curriculum, & trends in K-12 Ed. Founder, Curriculum Insight Project. Words at karenvaites.org.
Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social oil market researcher
founder of https://CommodityContext.com
former bank economist
markets, code, barbecue
Julie O'Connor @juliehoconnor.bsky.social Writing news analysis about urban education for NJ PBS/NJ Spotlight News. Send me tips at OConnorJ@njspotlightnews.org
Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social Present: Research scholar at Stanford GSE 2026-2027
Future: AP at Williams College
Past: Boston U Econ PhD, 2025 spencer/NAED dissertation fellow, CEA 2024, raised in Alabama
https://daniellecgw.github.io/
Katherine Bowser @katherinembowser.bsky.social Ed policy researcher at NCTQ.
Amateur Pizzaiolo. Hiker. Cat mom.
Views are my own. www.kmbowser.com
Michael Petrilli @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social President of the Fordham Institute, executive editor of Education Next, proud father.
Robert Gordon @robertgo.bsky.social Distinguished Visiting Fellow, McCourt School, Georgetown U. Former White House Domestic Policy Council, HHS, OMB, Michigan DHHS, etc. Government should work for everybody. 
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
@elenasilva.bsky.social @elenasilva.bsky.social 
Martha Gimbel @marthagimbel.bsky.social Sometimes Econ, sometimes rants, sometimes both. Current Budget Lab at Yale, former CEA, JEC, DOL, SF, Indeed.
@ewrobelen.bsky.social @ewrobelen.bsky.social Writer, editor, strategic communicator focused on education issues. Former longtime edu-journalist.
Brian Heseung Kim @brhkim.bsky.social Data Scientist & Education Policy Researcher // Building rigorous, open-source AI trainings and tooling for researchers and non-profits to use AI responsibly and critically // PhD + MPP @UVA // www.brhkim.com // www.openaugments.org
Alli Gilmour @afgilmour.bsky.social 
Anne Hyslop @afhyslop.bsky.social Policy wonk, fixing K-12 education. Current @all4ed.bsky.social, former @usedgov.
I read things, so you don't have to. 
Paul Manna @pfmanna.bsky.social Government & Public Policy prof at William & Mary. Prior K-12 teacher. Baseball fan. Host of Democracy in Five Minutes podcast: https://di5m.podbean.com/. My opinions, not W&M's.
Allie Bidwell Arcese @alliearcese.bsky.social Sr. Director, Strategic Comms @ NASFAA. Former higher ed reporter. Mom to Katie & Lucas. San Diegan. Cal alum 💙🐻💛
✉️ arcesea@nasfaa.org
Charlie Barone @charliebarone.bsky.social Capitol Hill veteran, social scientist, dad of twins, music eclectic, book lover, Senior Fellow, nationalparentsunion.org
Chris Saldaña @cmsaldana.bsky.social Assistant professor in ELPA at UW-Madison. UCSD, CSUF, & CU Boulder alum. Interested in K-12 school finance. NEPC Talks Ed podcast host.
John Fensterwald @jfensterwald.bsky.social Editor at large, EdSource
Diana Lambert @dianalambert.bsky.social Senior writer covering education for EdSource. Former education reporter for the Sacramento Bee. Sacramento State graduate. 
PIE Network @pienetwork.bsky.social pie-network.start.page
Jesse Singal @jessesingal.com Journalist, co-host of Blocked and Reported, author of The Quick Fix and an upcoming book on youth gender medicine. Mostly just asking questions.
More info: JesseSingal.com
Anna Stokke (Host of Chalk & Talk Podcast) @rastokke.bsky.social Chalk & Talk is a podcast about education and math hosted by math professor, Anna Stokke.
annastokke.com/podcast
@natmalkus.bsky.social @natmalkus.bsky.social 
Laura K Gee @laurakgee.bsky.social Economist 📈📉at Tufts University. I like to study topics in behavioral economics, gender discrimination and public goods provision (including charitable giving). http://laurakgee.weebly.com/ (she/her)
Zach Groshell @mrzachg.bsky.social Teacher now developing teachers | PhD | Obsessed with improving schools | Progressively Incorrect🎙️
Author of Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching
A.S. Paglayan @aspaglayan.bsky.social Prof. Paglayan at UCSanDiego; Non-Resident Fellow at CGDev.
Author of "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education."
I write and teach about politics and education.
https://www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-Education-Princeton-Economic/dp/069126127X/
@jmkowal.bsky.social @jmkowal.bsky.social 
Roddy Theobald @roddy-theobald.bsky.social 
Ary Amerikaner @aryamerikaner.bsky.social Edu policy wonk, advocate, mom of two. Former: Obama official at US Dept of Education; Maryland State Dept of Education; Ed Trust. Current: Brown's Promise. Check us out at www.brownspromise.org! All posts my own.
Sidrah Baloch @sidrah.bsky.social Assistant Director of Policy at @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social @buwheelock.bsky.social. Bridging the gap between education research and policy.
James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social Sometimes I write slow, sometimes I write quick. Mostly about college stuff. Weak on crime.
Email: jstephenmurphy@gmail.com
Website: www.jamessmurphy.com
Jo Napolitano @jonapolitano.bsky.social Journalist, Author, Public Speaker. Education is my passion. Medill grad, Spencer Fellow at Columbia University. Spencer Recruiter. Author of The School I Deserve, Beacon Press, 2021. Colombian-born New Yorker. 
Nicole Ridgway @nicridgway.bsky.social Editor in Chief at The 74, a non-profit, non-partisan news site covering education in America. Any opinions here are mine. 
@stevensnyder.bsky.social @stevensnyder.bsky.social 
Trisha Powell Crain @trishcrain.bsky.social I write about schools for Alabama Daily News and Alabama Public Television. All children deserve the best the grownups can give. Likes: Dogs and gardening.
Leslie Villegas @lesvillegs.bsky.social California Grown Political Scientist. Dedicated to improving #educationequity for #Englishlearners. Senior Policy Analyst at New America. Views are my own. 
Rachael Brown @rachaelb.bsky.social Texas born. Yonsei in DC. Healthcare, public schools, backgammon.
Deb Britt @d-britt.bsky.social 
Tara Garcia Mathewson @taragarciam.bsky.social Spencer Fellow at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Writing a book about bilingual education.
Asher Lehrer-Small @ashersmall.bsky.social Houston ISD reporter for Houston Landing
Mikhail Zinshteyn @mzinshteyn.bsky.social Reporter covering California higher education and state-federal issues for @Calmatters.org. Other interests include nationalism, politics, economy, film, fiction and Jewishness. Soviet-born baby refugee; Pell grant recipient. L.A. resident.
Jill Tucker @jilltucker.bsky.social San Francisco Chronicle reporter, mostly education, but also wildfires and other forms of mayhem, big breaking news. Bay Area native. Peace Corps volunteer. I'm not as patient as I used to be.
Eric Gorski @egorski.bsky.social Managing editor for local news at Chalkbeat, part of Civic News Company. Formerly: The Denver Post, The Associated Press, Colorado Springs Gazette, The Oregonian.
Catherine Carrera @catcarrera.bsky.social On the NJ Spotlight News team covering education and child welfare in New Jersey📍
Alex Zimmerman @alexzimmerman.bsky.social NYC public schools @ Chalkbeat
Signal: agz.95
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
Jim Roberts @nycjim.bsky.social Full-time student of the news & long-time follower of the Grateful Dead. This is the season of what.
Laura Meckler @laurameckler.bsky.social National Education Writer for the Washington Post and author of DREAM TOWN: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity. Reach me at laura.meckler@washpost.com or on Signal: 2024464530
Carrie Hahnel @carriehahnel.bsky.social Senior Associate Partner at Bellwether, fellow at Policy Analysis for California Education, board member at Create CA. Striving to improve education equity. +swimmer, runner, mom, proud Californian. Views my own.
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.
Stacey Pelika @spelika.bsky.social Director of Research at the National Education Association. Washington DC improviser. Aficionado of social/education policy, pop culture, and all things Minnesotan. Dog-mom to Pablo.
David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy | George Mason University | Public Education and American Democracy
Michael Itzkowitz @mitzkow.bsky.social Founder and President of the HEA Group. Former Director of the College Scorecard @usedgov. Helping ensure value and economic mobility in higher ed. 
Jackie Mader @jackiemader.bsky.social Senior early childhood reporter at The Hechinger Report
Mom of two, former special education teacher
'23-'24 Spencer Fellow
Austin, TX
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
Josh Parrish @jparrish.bsky.social 30 with wide-ranging interests. Politics, news and current events, books, gay culture, and random musings. D(M)V
Sharon Lurye @sharonlurye.bsky.social Education data reporter for the Associated Press, occasional gardener, former math teacher, proud member of the AP News Guild. Send tips/comments/dog pics to slurye@ap.org.
Anna Rosefsky Saavedra @annarsaavedra.bsky.social Education researcher at University of Southern California, mother, still enjoying running
Brad Marianno @bmarianno.bsky.social Associate Professor, Educational Policy and Leadership// Faculty Director, Center for Research, Evaluation and Assessment//University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Andy Jacob @andyjacob.bsky.social Lead external relations at Bellwether. Husband, twin dad, Portland Public Schools parent, NBA junkie. Working to build stronger public schools. Past: TNTP, NYC Department of Education.
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social Writer, communications/marketing consultant, fmr teacher & teacher trainer, author. M.Ed. TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/2026), https://melissataylor.net https://imaginationsoup.net
Sarah Crittenden Fuller @sarahcfuller.bsky.social Research Associate Professor at the Education Policy Initiative at Carolina (EPIC) in Public Policy at UNC-CH
Linda Jacobson @lrj417.bsky.social I cover K-12 education at The 74 @the74.bsky.social
Harry Anthony Patrinos @hpatrinos.bsky.social Head of Department of Education Reform | Chair in Education Policy | University of Arkansas | IZA | GLO | Former World Bank
https://harryapatrinos.substack.com/
Oakland Literacy Coalition @oaklitcoalition.bsky.social The OLC brings orgs together to learn, collaborate & champion literacy-- with the mission of ensuring every Oakland child learns & loves to read. Convener of the Literacy & Justice for All Symposium and host of www.OaklandReads.org
Kalyn Belsha @kalynbelsha.bsky.social Education editor @wbez.org. Former national education reporter @chalkbeat.org & Spencer Fellow @columbiajournalism.bsky.social. Hablo español. Tips? Email: kbelsha@chicagopublicmedia.org or reach out on Signal: kalynbelsha.14
Ben Backes @brbackes.bsky.social Principal Economist, American Institutes for Research (AIR) and CALDER
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wgy9ucYAAAAJ
Anna Bryson @annabryson.bsky.social State politics & education reporter @richmond.com
Minding my own business. Kidding! abryson@timesdispatch.com
Reg Leichty @regleichty.bsky.social Education and privacy lawyer, founding partner of Foresight Law + Policy, PLLC, Washington, D.C. 
DONGWOO KIM @dongwookim.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Memphis
Amy Laitinen @amylaitinen.bsky.social Crazy childless cat lady who moonlights in federal higher ed policy.
Kathleen Porter-Magee @kportermagee.bsky.social Mom to 3. Married to @marcportermagee. Lifelong edrefomer. Catholic school supporter. Believer in the power of faith, education, and institutions to support individuals and elevate communities.
Work: Managing Partner, Leadership Roundtable.
Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social All things K-12 education policy. Professor @PrincetonSPIA & Sociology; Director, Education Research Section.
@cherylclimate.bsky.social @cherylclimate.bsky.social Former Iowan, now living in Illinois. Progressive, Climate Change. Iowa Hawkeyes, Real Auditor and Fraud Investigator for 40 years
Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social Host and Creator of Sold a Story
APM Reports, American Public Media
Journalist-in-Residence at Planet Word
emilyhanford.com
SoldaStory.org
PlanetWordMuseum.org
Ernie Tedeschi @ernietedeschi.bsky.social Personal Account. Chief economist at Stripe. Former Director of Economics, The Budget Lab at Yale University. Former Chief Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social 
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social Education, education, education. Work at the Education Endowment Foundation. Write books, write for TES, and blog: https://alexquigley.co.uk/
Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org Labor econ. Formerly White House CEA senior economist for labor, UMN prof, union organizer, bike courier, dishwasher. Minneapolis. Posts mine, not employer's (@upjohninstitute.bsky.social). Fellow @iza.org
aaronsojourner.org
Be kind. Work hard. Have fun.
Holly Lane @hollylanephd.bsky.social Director, University of Florida Literacy Institute
Literacy researcher, teacher educator, dog mom
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
Mike DeArmond @mdearmond.bsky.social Editing, writing, and research at CALDER & AIR. Sounders fan, opinions are my own.
Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com Economist of Education UTexas, LBJ School, College of Education
www.jeffdenning.com
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.
James Murphy @james7murphy.bsky.social 
Steven Glazerman @eduglaze.bsky.social Chief Research/Methods Officer at Innovations for Poverty Action, Washington, DC
Applied (policy) research: development econ, econ of education/labor, RCT design, survey methods, measurement
Dabble in psychometrics, Bayesian inference, machine learning.
Jeff Bryant @jeffbinnc.bsky.social Freelance writer covering K12 education and lead fellow Public School Advocate at The Progressive Magazine. Texas native now based in Chapel Hill, NC.
DAVID C. BLOOMFIELD @dcbloomfield.bsky.social Professor Emeritus, Education Leadership, Law & Policy @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @brooklyncollege.bsky.social
City&State NY: Brooklyn Power 100;
Expert Witness
Press columns & comment: US/States/NYC
davidcbloomfield@gmail;
www.davidcbloomfield.com
Jason Zwars @jazwara.bsky.social Director, Federal Policy & Partnerships, National Association of Charter School Autorizers
Kristin Blagg @kblagg.bsky.social Education policy researcher at the Urban Institute. 
Gill Wyness @gillwyness.bsky.social Economist working on inequality and access to education. Deputy Director of @cepeo-ucl. Research associate of @cep-lse Research fellow @iza_bonn
Sasha Pudelski @spudelski.bsky.social Director of Advocacy, AASA
Mom of two public school kids
Proud product of public education
Jonathan Smith @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social W.J. Usery, Jr. Chair of the American Workplace @ Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Economics Department | Co-editor Economics of Education Review | https://sites.google.com/site/jonathansmithphd/