Experience

The Hechinger Report

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Managing Editor

  • Apr 2022 - Present

• Senior Editor

  • Jan 2021 - Apr 2022

  I oversee coverage of education innovation and inequality with a focus on the South.



Education Week

• United States
• Internet News
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Editor

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2021

• Assistant Editor

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2018

  In addition to covering early-childhood education and special education for Education Week and edweek.org, I oversaw copy-editing of the weekly print edition and special reports and facilitated reader outreach initiatives.

• Staff Writer

  • Nov 2004 - Jun 2015

  I covered early-childhood education and special education for a weekly education policy newspaper and for the blogs On Special Education and Early Years. I also covered education policy, school district leadership, education research, and child well-being. Served as senior writer and assistant project editor for Quality Counts and Diplomas Count, two flagship annual reports for Education Week.



Knight Wallace Fellowship at Michigan

• Fellow

  • 2009 - 2010

  Won prestigious mid-career fellowship at the University of Michigan, with a focus on best ways to translate education research into classroom practice. Won prestigious mid-career fellowship at the University of Michigan, with a focus on best ways to translate education research into classroom practice.



The Washington Post

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reporter

  • Aug 1998 - Nov 2004

  Schools reporter in Prince William County, Va., a suburban district of 66,000 students. The job included split responsibility between the Metro section and the Prince William Extra, a twice-weekly zoned tab. Schools reporter in Prince William County, Va., a suburban district of 66,000 students. The job included split responsibility between the Metro section and the Prince William Extra, a twice-weekly zoned tab.



The Miami Herald

• United States
• Individual and Family Services

• Reporter

  • Feb 1993 - Aug 1998

  Neighbors reporter covering three municipalities for the Herald's zoned section. After two years, moved to Broward County desk as a general assignment reporter covering a variety of sub-beats, including higher education and transportation. Also wrote a weekly transportation column, "Streetwise.” Neighbors reporter covering three municipalities for the Herald's zoned section. After two years, moved to Broward County desk as a general assignment reporter covering a variety of sub-beats, including higher education and transportation. Also wrote a weekly transportation column, "Streetwise.”