Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov Husband. Father. U.S. Senator for California. Fighting for an economy that works for everyone and for our democracy.
AFSCME Maryland @afscmemd.org AFSCME Maryland Council 3 represents over 55,000 public service workers. From Western Maryland to the Eastern Shore, we make Maryland happen.
Third Way Education @thirdwayedu.bsky.social Third Way's Education Program - Developing a high-quality education agenda focused on value & creating demand for new policy ideas to improve student outcomes.
@edboltz.bsky.social @edboltz.bsky.social 
Sara Goldrick-Rab @saragoldrickrab.bsky.social AUTHOR of Paying the Price 📚
FOUNDER of the #RealCollege movement to support students’ basic needs + Believe in Students (nonprofit) + Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice 💡
TEACHER at Community College of Philadelphia ✏️✏️
MOM of teens 🌱🐶🐈🐈⬛
Oliver Gottfried @olivergottfried.bsky.social Recovering political staffer : Pork Enthusiast : Campaigner at Oxfam but snarky posts are my own.
@bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social Higher education policy geek with a terminal case of curiosity. UConn hoops enjoyer.
Austin Slaughter @austinslaughter.bsky.social Higher ed researcher at a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization focused on economic mobility. East Texan. 
Liam Knox @liamknox.bsky.social Education reporter at Bloomberg News. Send tips to lknox18@bloomberg.net
David Sugerman @davidsug.bsky.social Oregon lawyer on the side of people. Impact litigation, consumer protection, and civil rights class actions. https://sugermandahab.com/ Fighting fascists, fraudsters, and climate destroyers; laughter and rage; truth and beauty. #PDX #SantaCruz- B Barmak Nassirian @barmak.bsky.social
@scottsargrad.bsky.social @scottsargrad.bsky.social 
Martha Kanter @marthakanter.bsky.social Board Chairman, College Promise, Washington DC
Former Undersecretary of Education
"Education beyond high school is the pathway to our future."
@jddelaney.bsky.social @jddelaney.bsky.social 
Melissa Korn @melissakorn.bsky.social Deputy editor on the media team @WSJ. I like scoops, naps, F1, books and my kid, though not in that order. Co-author of UNACCEPTABLE, definitive book on Varsity Blues college admissions scandal.
Kelly Leon @kellyaleon.bsky.social 
Arne Duncan @arneduncan.bsky.social Author “How Schools Work”
Managing Partner @ChicagoCRED- we are committed to achieving a transformative reduction in gun violence.
We work so children can play.
Alan Zibel @alanzibel.bsky.social Personal account. Trying to do the right thing and make the occasional joke. Former WSJ, AP & more. Now at @publiccitizen.bsky.social. (No, I don't actually have a mohawk).
Debra Humphreys @dhumphreys.bsky.social Educator Committed to Opportunity, Equity, and Quality in Higher Ed; VP for Strategic Engagement, Lumina Foundation
Ben Cecil @bencecil.bsky.social Deputy Director of Higher Education Policy @thirdwayedu.bsky.social
Washington, D.C.
https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/ben-cecil
Bill DeBaun @billdebaun.bsky.social Senior Director of 📊💡at the National College Attainment Network. Jack of some trades, including dot connecting. Devoted FAFSA data dork. The snark is mine; my views could also be yours! Happy to chat, reach out!
Elizabeth Morgan @elizabeth-morgan.bsky.social CXO, National College Attainment Network (NCAN). Here until every American can fulfill their potential through education after high school. Opinions my own. There will be dog photos. 
Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield @amyellen.bsky.social Higher Ed policy.
Kristin Blagg @kblagg.bsky.social Education policy researcher at the Urban Institute. 
John King Jr. @johnbkingjr.bsky.social SUNY Chancellor. Author #TeacherByTeacher avail 4.29.25.
Former Education Secretary for Barack Obama, teacher, principal, EdTrust CEO, and University of Maryland professor
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-b-king-jr/teacher-by-teacher/9781538
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.
Bob Kim @bob-kim.bsky.social No. 1 fan of public education. Attorney. Writer. Lover of the arts, tennis, karaoke, and a good 5K.
Paige Kowalski @paigekowalski.bsky.social Data Quality Campaign’s EVP. Focused on state and federal education and workforce data policy. Your favorite data advocate’s favorite data advocate.
www.dataqualitycampaign.org
Tia Caldwell @tiacaldwell.bsky.social Work on #highered policy at New America | opinions are my own
Tom ‘Beardo’ Hilliard @tomh4.bsky.social Trying to stay focused on higher ed, but someone always seems to be wrong on the internet.
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
Hal Plotkin @halplotkin.bsky.social Senior Scholar, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), Senior Open Policy Fellow, Creative Commons USA (2014-2017), Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Education (2009-2014)
Dubravka Ritter @dubravkaritter.bsky.social Sr Advisor and Research Fellow, Consumer Finance Institute @philadelphiafed | education finance researcher | Views my own. RT not E.
Ethan Pollack @ethanpollack.bsky.social Higher ed finance, workforce development, labor markets, and econ policy. Senior Director at Jobs for the Future. Alum of Aspen, Pew, EPI, and OMB. Views mine.
Carrie Klein @carrienklein.bsky.social Associate Vice President, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) | HigherEd policy & data
Stephanie Baker @stephabaker.bsky.social She/her
Higher ed policy at New America. Opinions = own. Working on fed policy re: parenting students and child care access. Opinions on lots of things.
Parent/worker/baker/learner/gardener who believes in the power of the people.
Shelbe Klebs @shelbeklebs.bsky.social Student Loans @ the Pew Charitable Trusts, @gwtrachtenberg and @ThirdWayEDU alum, former college advisor. Views are my own.
Shin Inouye @shin-inouye.bsky.social 
Joe Crook ☑︎ @joecrookjd.bsky.social ⚜︎ ☮︎ no you shutdown (ง’̀-‘́)ง ⌘⎇⌫
⌘ CONTROL YOURSELF
⎇ ALTER YOUR THINKING
⌫ DELETE NEGATIVITY
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
@martinkurzweil.bsky.social @martinkurzweil.bsky.social 
Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
CJ Libassi @clibassi.bsky.social phd student in econ and ed at EPSAatTC. formerly: SMPAGWU, College Board, CAPhighered, edpolicyford, ComunidadMadrid, pgcps.
Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com Professor & department head, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I study higher ed finance, accountability, and financial aid. Washington Monthly rankings data editor. Dad, gardener, and baker. Personal account.
https://robertkelchen.com/
Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living
Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv
She/Her
Personal account
https://www.dominiquebaker.com/
(I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)
Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social Advancement at the American Council on Education. Del Ray dad and 2x Hoya. Books, baseball, beer, higher ed, and all things Alexandria. Subscribe to ALXtra: https://alxtra.ghost.io/
Steve Burd @stephenburd.bsky.social Senior Writer and Editor in New America's Education Policy Program. Views expressed here are mine alone.
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Preston Cooper @prestoncooper93.bsky.social Higher ed, student loans, college ROI. AEI senior fellow. Forbes contributor. Hiker, diver, dog appreciator. Usual disclaimers. Mostly on Twitter: https://x.com/PrestonCooper93 Newsletter: https://prestoncooper93.substack.com/
Wesley Whistle @wesleywhistle.bsky.social #HigherEd policy @NewAmerica.org. PhD candidate at UK. Former #Team46 at ED, Sen. Bob Casey, & higher ed admin. Kentuckian. My tweets/sass. He/him 🏳🌈
Julie Peller @jrpeller.bsky.social All things #todaysstudents. Founder Higher Learning Advocates and Today's Students Coalition. Ardent supporter of the possibility of higher learning. (also new here!)- G Sameer Gadkaree @gadkaree.bsky.social President of The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS)
Michelle Dimino @michelledimino.bsky.social Director of the Education Program at Third Way
Terri Taylor @territaylor.bsky.social Higher ed, philanthropy, democracy, climate, baseball, baking
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.
David Halperin @davidhalperin.bsky.social Attorney, counselor, advocate, pedestrian.
https://www.republicreport.org/about/
Marcella Bombardieri @mlbombard.bsky.social New America fellow writing a book for Scribner about what community colleges mean to this country's future. Alum of Center for American Progress, The Boston Globe (Spotlight Team and more), and Politico.
Tycko & Zavareei LLP @tyckozavareei.bsky.social Public interest private law firm representing consumers, individuals, employees, and whistleblowers. Likes =/= endorsement. https://linktr.ee/tyckozavareei
Antoinette Flores @antoinetteflores.bsky.social Higher Ed Policy @NewAmerica.org| Former Biden-Harris U.S. Department of Education | @Americanprogress.bsky.social | Mom of 3
@kellysleon.bsky.social @kellysleon.bsky.social 
CA Student Aid Commission @castudentaid.bsky.social CA state government agency responsible for administering financial aid to California's college and career training students.
https://csac.ca.gov
http://linktr.ee/castudentaid
Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social Vox reporter - covering housing, homelessness, family policy
trying to prod productively
Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social Government and policy writer. Views are my own. pbacon@tnr.com
Ron Lieber @ronlieber.bsky.social I work for readers as the New York Times money scribe. Author of "The Price You Pay for College," teacher of a course about merit scholarships (meritaidcourse.com), Brooklyn now but forever Chicago. He/We/Abba. Gratitude and rage. 
Jay Fleischman @moneywiselawyer.bsky.social I'm a lawyer and content creator representing people with student loans and consumer debt problems for 29 years.
Terri Gerstein @terrigerstein.bsky.social Director, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative. Workers’ rights lawyer. Sometimes writer. Policy wonk. Former NY labor law enforcer. Mom of 2 ppl taller/smarter than me. Brooklynite.
Impact Fund @impactfund.bsky.social We provide broad support - grants, training, amicus, co-counseling - for impact litigation (esp. class actions) to advance economic, environmental, racial, and social justice.
Emma Lydon @emmalydon.bsky.social Lobbying for the good guys. Always: CPC, Team BLee.
EPIC @epic.org The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) was established in 1994 to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age.
Find us at epic.org.
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger @mazonusa.bsky.social We are one of the nation's leading nonprofits working to #EndHunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the US and Israel. Follow us to join our efforts to make hunger a thing of the past.
The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) @nclej.bsky.social NCLEJ advances racial, economic, and disability justice through high-impact litigation, policy advocacy, and support for grassroots organizing. Everyone deserves to thrive, not just survive.
www.nclej.org
Education Law Center @edlawcenter.bsky.social 
National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social The official account of the National Education Association. We are 3 million educators strong, advocating for our students and our professions. #RedforEd
Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com Leading digital news and information platform covering voting rights, elections, and the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy standpoint.
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Reporting: democracydocket.com
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Carrie R. Welton @carrierwelton.bsky.social Basic Needs | Equity | Improved Access to Education Beyond High School | Sr Dr @ ticas.org (*posts are my own) | Formerly: CLASP_DC & the Hope Center | Alum: UofM & WMU
Mark Huelsman @markhuelsman.bsky.social Higher ed, inequality, debt, mobility, wealth, sports, kittens, anything else therein.
Becca Carballo @beccacarballo.bsky.social Covering higher education for Politico. Past lives: The New York Times, Houston Chronicle
Alex Sanchez @alexdsanchez.bsky.social Washingtonian and Florida man. Lover of (left-of-center) politics, theme parks, and tiki bars.
Amy Laitinen @amylaitinen.bsky.social Crazy childless cat lady who moonlights in federal higher ed policy.
Chancellor John B. King @sunychancellor.bsky.social Chancellor of @SUNYOfficial.bsky.social, the largest comprehensive system of higher education in America. Committed to equity and opportunity for all. #SUNY
suny.edu
Peter Granville @petergranville.bsky.social Higher education policy researcher and college affordability advocate at @tcfdotorg.bsky.social
David Sheridan @davidsheridan.bsky.social You’re offered so much, but you’re frightened to take it.
Music (punk, garage, new wave, jazz, indie, post-punk, glam, classical, whatever), Mets/Jets/Rangers, cats, beer, higher ed, travel, art, etc. Pro democracy, pro justice. Jersey since birth.
Ernest Ezeugo @ernestezeugo.bsky.social He/him. I read about, occasionally write about, and study federal policy and higher ed. And sometimes other stuff, too.
Currently: Federal Policy @ Lumina Foundation.
Formerly: Young Invincibles, SHEEO, New America, and team #ED44.
Chris Quintana @chrisquintana.bsky.social USA TODAY reporter interested higher ed and what you know. Runner, New Mexican, state school grad, fan of phone calls.
Email: cquintana@usatoday.com
Signal: 202-308-9021
Jeff Berman @jeffberman.bsky.social Former civil rights lawyer & Senate staff. Current entrepreneur, activist & advocate. CEO and co-host of Masters of Scale. Protect Democracy board. Father of 3. Work in progress. (He/Him)
Adam Green @adamgreen321.bsky.social Co-founder, Progressive Change Campaign Committee. Boldprogressives.org
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. 
Marian Wang @mariancw.bsky.social Producer at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Previously reporter at ProPublica
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.
Adam Harris @adamhsays.com writer, southern.
Co-host, Radio Atlantic.
Author of The State Must Provide. Writing Is This America?
More: www.harrisadam.com
Zach Montague @zjmontague.bsky.social Reporter @ NYT covering federal courts.
Three-season outdoor enthusiast.
Zach Schermele @zachschermele.bsky.social congressional correspondent @usatoday.com tips? email me: zschermele@usatoday.com
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Jillian Berman @jillianberman.bsky.social Deputy enterprise editor at MarketWatch, covering student loans, consumer debt and more. Get in touch! jberman@marketwatch.com.
Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social Personal account. Run Revolving Door Project (@revolvingdoordc.bsky.social). https://revolvingdoorproject.substack.com #LUFC
Dan Zibel @danzibel.bsky.social Dad to 2 fantastic kids. Married to @chrissiejuliano.bsky.social.
Co-founder & Chief Counsel at @studentdefense.bsky.social. #higherEd #GoBlue
Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com Helping you 🫵 make sense of higher education 🎓 Follow for the latest news, opinions, jobs and resources.
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@nacac.bsky.social @nacac.bsky.social The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), founded in 1937, is an organization of more than 28,000 professionals from around the world dedicated to making college accessible to all.