Note from the editor
Bright is Medium’s publication about innovation in education. Bright is made possible by funding from the New Venture Fund, and is supported by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Bright retains editorial independence.
Editors
Writers
Kristin Leong
PSESD Teacher Leader, Humanities Teacher, Writer, Speaker, Custodial Parent Advocate, Venn Diagram Enthusiast
Kaite
Writer. Guardian, Independent, Literary Review, New Statesman, Publishers Weekly. Sometimes on Radio 4. Likes books & gin.
Matt Candler
Helping people start schools, edu startups & ecosystems at @4pt0schools. Writing about it at http://futureofschool.org. Hacking motorbikes at @nightshiftbikes.
Ruben Brosbe
I’m a NYC public school teacher, NYC Teaching Fellow, & 2012 graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. I blog at www.rubenbrosbe.com
Mac Blauner
Writer/MMA addict (only used to do it socially, recently things have spiraled out of control)/Musician/Woodchuck in the land of the Chimpanzee
danah boyd
researcher of technology & society | Microsoft Research, Data & Society, NYU | [email protected]
Shannon Des Roches Rosa
Writer. Editor. Parent. Geek. | www.squidalicious.com | www.thinkingautismguide.com
Alex Madison
Seattle native and former public high school teacher, currently writing in Iowa City @alexmaliam
Diana Prichard
Agriculture, global food security & political junkie. Award-winning writer, photographer, filmmaker, podcast host.
Aaron Schildkrout
Entrepreneur, Product Thinker, and Writer. Currently Head of Growth Platform at Uber.
may-li khoe
UI Designer/Prototyper. newly Lead Mobile Designer @khanacademy. Just left Apple. Dancer and DJ. Pandan and palm sugar. Brown and proud. Also @djchinatumadre
Maureen Rich Wallace
Writer, editor, book marketing manager, PR consultant and advocate. Mom of three incredible kids, including one with an extra chromosome.
Rikha Sharma Rani
Freelance writer and director at Solutions Journalism Network, policy wonk, lover of ethnic grocery stores.
Jessica Sutherland
Jessica is a Bay-area based writer and producer. She is the co-founder and president of Homeless to Higher Ed, and the marketing director for The Establishment.
Michael Oman-Reagan
Anthropologist: Space🚀 Science🔬 & Social Movements⚖. Edits Space+Anthropology. PhD Candidate. Support my work: https://cash.me/$MichaelOmanReagan
Mary Slosson
Writer and adventurer based in Telluride, Colorado. Fond of trail running, rock climbing and mountain hikes. Former @Reuters correspondent, @Patagonia alum &c
Greg Toppo
USA Today natl education & demographics writer. Author of THE GAME BELIEVES IN YOU: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter (out 4/21/15) [email protected]
Michelle Manno
teacher → storyteller. #edresearch nerd. using digital media + community building to change how we talk about K-12 pedagogy/practice.
youthradio
Broadcasting youth perspectives across the globe with syndication to major outlets including @NPR, @MarketplaceAPM, and @HuffingtonPost.
Chris Martin
Teaching-writer @ www.unrestrictedinterest.com. Author of three collections of poetry, including The Falling Down Dance (Coffee House Press, 2015).
Tim Monreal
BeardedTeacher — CA to SC | MS Teacher | PhD Student @UofSC | Founder @CrowdSchool @SlackEDU | Educate To Empower Social Change | Hacer Surf | Thoughts my own
Dena Simmons
Bronxite, Activist, Educator, Diversity Trainer, TED talker, Researcher on bullying with the goal of making schools & hospitals inclusive & safer. Tweets mine!
Benet Magnuson
Benet lives in Lawrence, KS, where he leads the nonprofit advocacy organization Kansas Appleseed.
Dale Beran
Author of A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible and the weekly Hi Kwality Comics for the Baltimore City Paper. daleberan.tumblr.com
Jamie Grossmann Silver
Jamie Silver is a co-founder of the EB Research Partnership (www.ebresearch.org) and the mother of two fabulous children
Michele Simms-Burton
Writer, editor, social media advisor, content provider, certified instructional systems designer and scholar of African American studies, and women's studies
Mark Surman
City geek. Gadget freak. Father. Cyclist. Facilitation nerd. Community nut. Culture hacker. Executive director @Mozilla.
Dr Eugenia Cheng
Pure Mathematician and pianist at the University of Sheffield and School of the Art Institute of Chicago. My aim is to rid the world of math(s) phobia.
Audrey Watters
education writer, recovering academic, serial dropout, ed-tech’s Cassandra, author of The Monsters of Education Technology. (And coming soon: Teaching Machines)
Katie Couric
Nail-biting, piano-playing, poetry-reading, shoe-loving, mother, daughter, wife. @YahooNews Global Anchor. Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/ZPS8T
Mary Jo Madda
@EdSurge associate editor. Former MS STEM teacher and administrator. @HGSE '13, @KIPPHouston. Science/art nerd on path of social change. [email protected]
Antonia Malchik
I write about education, environment, parenting, and identity for a variety of publications, and am the managing editor of STIR Journal. www.antoniamalchik.com
katie zhu
product and engineering @medium. writing at https://ktzine.com. subscribe to pamplemousse: http://tinyletter.com/kt.
Kim Purcell
Author of TRAFFICKED (Viking, 2012), mom, yogi, fighter for the underdog, and lover of loud laughter, cold showers, and elevator dancing.
Eric Westendorf
Founder of LearnZillion, former teacher and principal, passionate about technology in K-12, father of 3
Marcus Miller
Marcus is a Recording Artist and Musician in NYC. He enjoys recreational mathematics and physics. Follow @marcustheartyst; Calendar at www.wavemusicny.com
Adam Braun
Founder of http://PencilsOfPromise.org. Professional chaser of dreams. Author of http://amzn.to/1cZt6ce
Leigh Shulman
I am a writer and traveler living in Argentina. Fascinated by the way we use words. http://thefutureisred.com
Lisa Grocott
Director of Thrvng: a learning futures lab, associate professor of design research and mother of 2 Brooklyn boys. But in the reverse order. www.thrvng.com
michecia jones
believer. writer & editor. teacher. listener. social critic. food critic. friend, soror, and sista.
Nichole Dobo
Nichole Dobo writes about education technology for The Hechinger Report, a NYC-based nonprofit newsroom focused on innovation and inequality in education.
Vanessa Rodriguez
Author of The Teaching Brain, advanced doctoral candidate @ Harvard, veteran NYC public school teacher & mentor, graduate instructor, mom & wife
Nasir C. Qadree
Passionate about investing & scaling innovative Education enterprises globally, Running 51 26.2's miles for #FirstGen students, Pick up Hoops HoF
TNTP
A national nonprofit founded by teachers, TNTP helps school systems end educational inequality and achieve their goals for students.
Tom Murphy
Journalist at @thehumanosphere. Investigating the humanitarian/aid/development industry. Craft beer drinker/brewer, coffee snob, and Chelsea FC & NY sports fan
Jessica Carew Kraft
Previously an anthropologist, now an independent journalist covering education, sustainability, health, and tech in San Francisco.
Skylar L. Primm
I used to be a geologist. Now I teach project based learning at an environmental charter school. I much prefer the latter. #EnviroEd #EdTech #GMWP #PBL
Tom Clynes
Journalist, photographer & speaker covering the adventurous side of science, the environment, and education. Author of “The Boy Who Played With Fusion”
Jackie Ashton
Writer. Articles published in The New York Times, http://Salon.com, Redbook, Spirituality & Health, Apartment Therapy & Remodelista, among others
Allison Roda
Post-doc, Institute on Education Law and Policy. Public School Advocate and Parent. Author of Inequality in Gifted and Talented Programs, Forthcoming 10/22/15
Halley Potter
Fellow at The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg. Former DC charter teacher. Coauthor of A Smarter Charter: http://asmartercharter.org
Mitchel Resnick
Professor of Learning Research at MIT Media Lab, director of Lifelong Kindergarten research group, and head of the Scratch Team (http://scratch.mit.edu)
Holly Korbey
Journalist on education and parenting for MindShift, The New York Times, The Atlantic. Mother of three boys. Send help.
Jessica Lura
Educator. Passionate about d thinking, tech, & teaching Ss to be global citizens. Google Certified Innovator | National Board Teacher | Bullis Charter School
Hanif Abdurraqib
Poet. Writer. | Poetry editor @MuzzleMagazine | Author of The Crown Ain't Worth Much (forthcoming from @buttonpoetry) | Ohio 'Til I Die.
Sir Michael Barber
Chief Education Advisor, Pearson. Author, How to Run a Government, (published by Penguin 26 March 2015). Chair of WEF Global Agenda Council on Education.
Bliss Broyard
author of 2 books & many articles, but not the sex advice ones posted on the website under my name, which was hacked by folks with nothing better to do.
Bliss Broyard
author of 2 books & many articles, details at www.blissbroyard.net, blogged about a trip around the world with my family at www.4intransit.com
The Marshall Project
The Marshall Project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom covering America's criminal justice system.
liam
Liam Pisano is an early stage edtech investor, passionate about innovation in the classroom, those that are driving it and those that are implementing it.
Sara Ivry
Vox Tablet podcast host; find us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Podcaster, Swell. Cheers.
Nicole Comforto
Education expert and writer with a passion for promoting equal access to quality education.
Melissa Church
Melissa and daughter Maddie (11) approach education with a curious eye on the world. Worldschooling family of 5. www.farawayfive.wordpress.com
Corinne Bobb-Semple
Opinionated 14-year-old from Brooklyn and a Radio Rookie for WNYC working on a story about gentrification.
Eli Horowitz
The Silent History / The Pickle Index / The Clock Without a Face / The New World / Everything You Know Is Pong / www.elihorowitz.net
Justin Cohen
Education writer and justice ally. Also a comedy nerd, foodie, political junkie, and style enthusiast. #BlackLivesMatter and you should #StayWoke, IMHO.
Matt Gross
Matt Gross is the co-founder and CEO of Newsela. His continued passion is to improve access to education tools and encourage lifelong learning.
Corynne Cirilli
Entertainment, media, and lifestyle reporter. Executive Editor at Closer Weekly. HGTV addict. @xojane @pagesix and @nyuniversity alumn.
Doug Bierend
Recovering generalist, writer @Vantagephotos, @Vice, @Motherboard, @elsewhere. Formerly @Wired | [email protected] / www.dougbierend.com
Nicole Davis
Co-founder of Brooklyn's best email (@brooklynbased). Curator of Indie Media Camp and Screen Time Social.
Brooke Brizard
Educator and researcher focused on comprehensive student development. For my own development - love, parenting, yoga and great food.
Rob Waters
I’m a journalist living in Berkeley. I write about health, science, social justice and policy. Father of 1. From Detroit.
Jami Sweeney
Hello! I am a husband and middle school Montessori educator, father of college-age twins and a third grader, native Kansan and current Texan.
Anya Kamenetz
gendebt. @FastCompany. http://t.co/zSN6RJTKNH @NewAmerica. http://t.co/Nx8SKKdWwX. http://t.co/9JYqE2c70E. unitardicorns. baby.kitty.
Youth Justice Board
We’re a project of the Center for Court Innovation that gives youth from New York City a voice in policies that affect their lives through research & projects.
Karen Gross
Former President, Southern Vermont College; Former Senior Policy Advisor, US Dept. of Education; Former Law Professor; Author; Commentator
Alice Proujansky
Aperture teaching artist and documentary photographer covering women and labor: aliceproujansky.com. Author, “Go Photo! An Activity Book for Kids”
Leah J Shafer
Writer for Usable Knowledge || national service, teaching and learning, and all things food and fiction || @UKnowHGSE || [email protected]
Peter Nelson
In education for over 30 years. I’m fascinated with what moves us and why we are unmoved in different moments.
