We believe education writing deserves better.
Founded in 2017 by a small group of former teachers and reporters, Education Brook exists to cover education the way the best magazines cover culture — with patience, skepticism, and craft.
"Every classroom decision is a small bet on what a child will become. We think those bets deserve careful reporting — not hot takes."
The people behind the reporting
Maya Reinholt
Editor-in-Chief
Julian Cho
Senior Higher-Ed Correspondent
Priya Nandakumar
EdTech Editor
Colin Foss
Policy CorrespondentA short editorial history
Three former teachers start a newsletter
What began as a Sunday-night email to 200 colleagues became the seed of Education Brook's editorial voice: skeptical, specific, unhurried.
Full-time reporting begins
Remote learning coverage during the pandemic brought the publication's first full-time reporting staff and its first international readership.
The Weekly Brook newsletter passes 50,000 readers
A single weekly email, one essay and three links, becomes the publication's core product — still true today.
Nine years, one editorial standard
Same standard as issue one: no story runs unless it would survive a skeptical teacher reading it in the staff room.
"The only education publication I've kept in my inbox for five straight years."
— A district superintendent, in a reader survey