Hey y’all!

I hope that you’ve found something useful here for your education job. I love writing and speaking to educators who bring what they love to their work. I’ve written about things that helped me in my own career, like a practical take on data-driven decision making in schools or how to bring your creativity to your education job.

I believe that being who you are will help you succeed in your education career. And I also believe our students need to see what it looks like when adults bring their creative selves to their work.

If you need a bio or photos, you’ll find those below.

–Ryan

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Short Bio

Ryan Estrellado is a writer and educator. He is the author of the book The K–12 Educator’s Data Guidebook: Reimagining Practical Data Use in Schools and a co-author of Data Science in Education Using R. Ryan tells inspiring stories about the reality of education work, ranging from overcoming a fear of data to finding a creative practice in the workplace. He has over twenty years of experience in public education. Ryan lives with his family in San Diego, CA.

Long Bio

Ryan Estrellado is an author and educator. He is the author of the book The K–12 Educator’s Data Guidebook: Reimagining Practical Data Use in Schools, in which he humanizes, challenges, and reframes how data is used in education. He is a co-author of Data Science in Education Using R, an innovative open source book about learning data science using real-life education data.

Ryan tells inspiring stories about the reality of education work, ranging from overcoming a fear of data to finding a creative practice in the workplace. He has given talks on telling compelling data stories, sharing complex topics with broad audiences, and promoting equity in schools. Ryan is the host of the podcast Donuts in the Lounge: A Podcast for Educators and co-host of the podcast About Practice. He sends free resources for educators in his subscriber email, which you can sign up for at ryanestrellado.com

Ryan has over twenty years of experience in public education. He is an alumnus of the Strategic Data Project, a project of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University.

Ryan lives with his family in San Diego, CA.