Meet the top 10 education writers of the year on LinkedIn, ranked by engagement and more. Read — and follow — them now.
3. Karen Gross
Educational consultant
- What she covers: "I write about issues across the educational pipeline, with a focus on higher education and student success."
- Post she's proudest of: "Lost Teachable Moments: An Educator's Frustration and Sadness
- Why she likes it: "This article is one that raises issues that others were unwilling to raise, and raised my blood pressure, as well."
- What she made of the protests at the University of Missouri and other schools: "Our educators are unnecessarily scared and defensive," she wrote.
- 2015's most-interesting news story: "From an educational perspective, I was fascinated by the Sweet Briar College debacle and their efforts to rise from the ashes. ... They had much to teach us about education but cannot be harbingers of doom for small colleges."
- What she does before work (and after reading education news): "I look at the Panda Cam run by the Smithsonian. ... That awakens my mirror neurons."