Dakarai Aarons, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Daarel Burnette, Education Week

Julie Chang, Austin American-Statesman

Nichole Dobo, The Hechinger Report

Steve Drummond, NPR News

Nic Garcia, Chalkbeat

Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine 

Samantha Hernandez, Green Bay Press-Gazette

Sonali Kohli, Los Angeles Times

Francisco Vara-Orta, Education Week