Today, we unveil the 2020 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, ranking the university-based scholars in the U.S. who did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy. Simply being included in this list of 200 scholars is an accomplishment, given the 20,000 or more who might qualify. The list includes the top finishers from last year, augmented by “at-large” nominees chosen by the 29-member selection committee (see this post for a list of committee members, an explanation of the selection process, and all the salacious methodological details).
Without further ado, here are the 2020 rankings (scroll through the chart to see all names and scores or click the link below the chart to view the table in a new tab). Please note that all university affiliations reflect a scholar’s institution as of December 2019.
| Ranking | Name | Affiliation | Google Scholar | Book Points | Highest Amazon | Syllabus Points | Newspaper Mentions | Education Press | Web Mentions | Congressional Record | Total | Twitter Handle | |
| 1 | Carol Dweck | Stanford | 50 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
| 2 | Linda Darling-Hammond | Stanford | 50 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 6.5 | 162.5 | LDH_ed |
| 3 | Howard Gardner | Harvard | 50 | 20 | 16.4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 5.6 | 144 | DrHowardGardner |
| 4 | Jo Boaler | Stanford | 45 | 20 | 19.6 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 7.3 | 142.9 | joboaler |
| 5 | Raj Chetty | Harvard | 49 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.3 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 139.8 | |
| 6 | Diane Ravitch | NYU | 48 | 20 | 14.9 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 23.9 | 0 | 7.8 | 139.6 | DianeRavitch |
| 7 | Pedro Noguera | UCLA | 43 | 10 | 9.8 | 2.6 | 30 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 6.4 | 135.8 | PedroANoguera |
| 8 | Gloria Ladson-Billings | U. Wisconsin-Madison | 50 | 19 | 15.4 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 12.9 | 0 | 5.1 | 134.4 | gjladson |
| 9 | Sara Goldrick-Rab | Temple | 30 | 3 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 7.8 | 132.7 | saragoldrickrab |
| 10 | Angela Duckworth | U. Penn | 50 | 2 | 19.9 | 3.1 | 21 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 6.4 | 132.4 | angeladuckw |
| 11 | Richard Rothstein | UC Berkeley | 40 | 13 | 19.9 | 3.9 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 126.8 | |
| 12 | Carol A. Tomlinson | U. Virginia | 50 | 20 | 18.2 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 4.8 | 0 | 3.4 | 120.4 | cat3y |
| 13 | Eric (Rick) A. Hanushek | Stanford | 50 | 13.5 | 0 | 5.2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 118.7 | EricHanushek |
| 14 | Daniel Willingham | U. Virginia | 50 | 11 | 17.3 | 8.6 | 7 | 8 | 8.8 | 0 | 6.9 | 117.6 | DTWillingham |
| 15 | Gary Orfield | UCLA | 50 | 20 | 0 | 1.7 | 17 | 0 | 17.2 | 0 | 4.2 | 110 | orfieldtweet |
| 16 | Sam Wineburg | Stanford | 48 | 6 | 17.6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7.8 | 0 | 5.9 | 109.3 | samwineburg |
| 17 | Andy Hargreaves | Boston College | 50 | 18.5 | 9.3 | 4.4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 6.2 | 108.3 | HargreavesBC |
| 18 (tie) | Robert E. Slavin | Johns Hopkins | 50 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8.4 | 0 | 4.3 | 106.7 | RobertSlavin |
| 18 (tie) | David L. Kirp | UC Berkeley | 34 | 19.5 | 14.1 | 1.9 | 19 | 2 | 12.5 | 0 | 3.7 | 106.7 | DavidKirp |
| 20 | Yong Zhao | U. Kansas | 50 | 20 | 12.3 | 1.8 | 0 | 5 | 8.4 | 0 | 5.8 | 103.4 | YongZhaoEd |
| 21 | Claude Steele | Stanford | 50 | 2 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 9 | 2 | 11.7 | 0 | 0.1 | 102.8 | cmasonsteele |
| 22 | Shaun R. Harper | USC | 50 | 8 | 7.5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10.9 | 0 | 5.2 | 102.7 | DrShaunHarper |
| 23 | Larry Cuban | Stanford | 50 | 20 | 12.5 | 4.7 | 0 | 6 | 4.7 | 0 | 4 | 102 | CubanLarry |
| 24 | Marc Lamont Hill | Temple | 16 | 9 | 10.7 | 0.5 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 101.2 | marclamonthill |
| 25 | Rich Milner | Vanderbilt | 48 | 8 | 15.8 | 1.4 | 3 | 14 | 4.2 | 0 | 5.7 | 100.1 | MilnerHRich |
| 26 | Josh Angrist | MIT | 50 | 1 | 17.9 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 23.8 | 0 | 4.6 | 99.9 | metrics52 |
| 27 | Nel Noddings | Stanford | 50 | 20 | 7.4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 97.2 | |
| 28 | William (Bill) G. Tierney | USC | 50 | 20 | 0 | 0.9 | 13 | 2 | 9.3 | 0 | 1.8 | 96.9 | TierneyBill |
| 29 | David C. Berliner | Arizona State | 50 | 11.5 | 9.3 | 4.3 | 2 | 6 | 12.1 | 0 | 0.9 | 96.2 | DavidCBerliner |
| 30 | Bruce D. Baker | Rutgers | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0.4 | 26 | 4 | 16.5 | 0 | 6.9 | 95.8 | SchlFinance101 |
| 31 | Rob Reich | Stanford | 24 | 6 | 16.9 | 0.4 | 23 | 1 | 18.3 | 0 | 6 | 95.7 | robreich |
| 32 | Terry M. Moe | Stanford | 50 | 15 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 3 | 2 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 95.3 | |
| 33 | Paul E. Peterson | Harvard | 50 | 20 | 0 | 6.2 | 4 | 2 | 12.1 | 0 | 0.5 | 94.8 | Paul_E_Peterson |
| 34 | Robert Kelchen | Seton Hall | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 11.9 | 0 | 6.2 | 94.1 | rkelchen |
| 35 | Robert (Bob) C. Pianta | U. Virginia | 50 | 9.5 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | 20.6 | 0 | 0.1 | 93.9 | bobpianta |
| 36 | Richard (Dick) Elmore | Harvard | 50 | 17.5 | 12.4 | 2.9 | 0 | 8 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 93.7 | RichardElmore3 |
| 37 | Henry (Hank) Levin | Columbia (TC) | 50 | 20 | 10.1 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 | 93 | |
| 38 | Catherine Snow | Harvard | 50 | 20 | 0 | 9.4 | 5 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 92.9 | |
| 39 | Richard (Dick) J. Murnane | Harvard | 50 | 6.5 | 15 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 | 9.8 | 5 | 0 | 91.6 | |
| 40 | Caroline M. Hoxby | Stanford | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 16 | 9 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | 90.5 | |
| 41 | Greg J. Duncan | UC Irvine | 50 | 7 | 6 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | 87.8 | |
| 42 | Sarah E. Turner | U. Virginia | 36 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 1.1 | 85.8 | turnersarahe |
| 43 | Jeannie Oakes | UCLA | 50 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 0 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.8 | 85.6 | Jeannie_Oakes |
| 44 | Gene V. Glass | Arizona State | 50 | 14.5 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 0 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 2.2 | 85.1 | GeneVGlass |
| 45 | Bruce Fuller | UC Berkeley | 50 | 14.5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 84.4 | |
| 46 | Jack P. Shonkoff | Harvard | 43 | 1.5 | 0 | 6.6 | 7 | 1 | 24.2 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 | |
| 47 | Sean F. Reardon | Stanford | 50 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.3 | 15 | 8 | 7.8 | 0 | 0.6 | 82.1 | seanfreardon |
| 48 (tie) | Patrick J. Wolf | U. Arkansas | 38 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.6 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 5.6 | 81.7 | P_Diddy_Wolf |
| 48 (tie) | Nell K. Duke | U. Michigan | 35 | 12 | 14.5 | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 7.9 | 0 | 6.2 | 81.7 | nellkduke |
| 50 | W. Steven Barnett | Rutgers | 50 | 6 | 0 | 1.7 | 9 | 2 | 12.6 | 0 | 0.1 | 81.4 | wstevenbarnett |
| 51 | Marybeth Gasman | Rutgers | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0.8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7.2 | 81 | marybethgasman |
| 52 | William (Bill) F. Tate | Washington U. | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.4 | 30 | 6 | 7.8 | 0 | 4.7 | 80.4 | WFTate4 |
| 53 | Tyrone Howard | UCLA | 33 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 1.7 | 11 | 2 | 8.4 | 0 | 5.4 | 80.3 | TyroneCHoward |
| 54 | Mike Rose | UCLA | 28 | 13 | 12.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 | 80.1 | |
| 55 | Tressie McMillan Cottom | VCU | 8 | 7 | 19.4 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 8.3 | 79.8 | tressiemcphd |
| 56 | Richard M. Ingersoll | U. Penn | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0.7 | 12 | 8 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 79.5 | |
| 57 | Marcelo Suarez-Orozco | UCLA | 44 | 14 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10.6 | 0 | 3.3 | 79.4 | uclagseis_dean |
| 58 | Martin Carnoy | Stanford | 50 | 20 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 79.3 | |
| 59 | Michael Kirst | Stanford | 50 | 13 | 0 | 1.5 | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 2.1 | 79.1 | Michael_Kirst |
| 60 | John Rogers | UCLA | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 28 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 77.5 | |
| 61 | Richard Arum | UC Irvine | 31 | 11.5 | 8 | 4.1 | 5 | 8 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 76.9 | |
| 62 | Jonathan Plucker | Johns Hopkins | 50 | 6.5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 6.1 | 76.2 | JonathanPlucker |
| 63 | Jonathan Zimmerman | U. Penn | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1.8 | 30 | 9 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 75.3 | |
| 64 | Daniel Koretz | Harvard | 41 | 8 | 10.8 | 2.6 | 8 | 3 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.1 | 75.2 | DanKoretz |
| 65 | Christopher Lubienski | Indiana | 43 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 13.7 | 0 | 6 | 74.7 | CLub_edu |
| 66 | Joseph Murphy | Vanderbilt | 50 | 20 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 74.3 | |
| 67 | Patricia Gandara | UCLA | 50 | 5.5 | 0 | 1.4 | 10 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 73.9 | pcgandara |
| 68 | Larry V. Hedges | Northwestern | 50 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 0 | 8 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 73.5 | |
| 69 (tie) | Helen (Sunny) F. Ladd | Duke | 50 | 11.5 | 0 | 2.8 | 2 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 73.4 | sunnyladd |
| 69 (tie) | James L. Moore III | Ohio State | 35 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.1 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5.8 | 73.4 | DrJLMooreIII |
| 69 (tie) | Susan M. Dynarski | U. Michigan | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10.8 | 5 | 6.6 | 73.4 | dynarski |
| 72 | Joshua Aronson | NYU | 39 | 4 | 16.4 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 4.1 | 73.1 | Nurtureofintell |
| 73 (tie) | Jal Mehta | Harvard | 22 | 4.5 | 18.2 | 1.2 | 8 | 8 | 5.7 | 0 | 5.1 | 72.8 | jal_mehta |
| 73 (tie) | Christopher Emdin | Columbia (TC) | 18 | 7 | 19.5 | 0.1 | 4 | 8 | 8.8 | 0 | 7.4 | 72.8 | chrisemdin |
| 73 (tie) | Jay P. Greene | U. Arkansas | 44 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 10 | 7.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 72.8 | jaypgreene |
| 76 (tie) | Dan Goldhaber | U. Washington | 50 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.4 | 2 | 8 | 7.1 | 0 | 4.7 | 72.7 | CEDR_US |
| 76 (tie) | Jesse Rothstein | UC Berkeley | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 72.7 | |
| 78 (tie) | Stephen W. Raudenbush | U. Chicago | 50 | 4 | 0.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 72.5 | |
| 78 (tie) | Marilyn Cochran-Smith | Boston College | 50 | 9.5 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 72.5 | |
| 80 (tie) | H. Samy Alim | UCLA | 32 | 6.5 | 12.7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8.4 | 0 | 5.6 | 72.1 | HSamyAlim |
| 80 (tie) | Gary T. Henry | U. Delaware | 40 | 7.5 | 15.8 | 4.4 | 0 | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 72.1 | gthenry4 |
| 82 | Jacob L. Vigdor | U. Washington | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2.9 | 8 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 5.4 | 72 | JakeVigdor |
| 83 | Thomas S. Dee | Stanford | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 9 | 4 | 6.4 | 0 | 4 | 71.7 | Thomas_S_Dee |
| 84 | Estela Mara Bensimon | USC | 33 | 8.5 | 13.2 | 0.4 | 4 | 2 | 4.8 | 0 | 5.5 | 71.4 | ebensimon |
| 85 (tie) | Charles T. Clotfelter | Duke | 50 | 8.5 | 0 | 1.4 | 3 | 4 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 70.9 | CTClotfelter |
| 85 (tie) | Jeffrey R. Henig | Columbia (TC) | 41 | 14.5 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 8 | 3.2 | 0 | 3.4 | 70.9 | J_Henig |
| 87 | Erica Frankenberg | Penn State | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0.4 | 16 | 6 | 6.7 | 0 | 5.6 | 70.7 | e_frankenberg |
| 88 | Hirokazu Yoshikawa | NYU | 50 | 5.5 | 0 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.9 | 70.6 | HiroYoshikawaNY |
| 89 | James P. Comer | Yale | 39 | 20 | 0 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.1 | 70.5 | drjamescomer |
| 90 | Ken Zeichner | U. Washington | 50 | 9 | 0 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 3.8 | 70.3 | zeichnerkm |
| 91 | David Figlio | Northwestern | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 10 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 70.2 | |
| 92 | James P. Spillane | Northwestern | 50 | 8.5 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 4 | 70.1 | jamespspillane |
| 93 | Donna Ford | Ohio State | 50 | 8.5 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.6 | 0 | 4 | 70 | donnayford |
| 94 | Thomas Kane | Harvard | 50 | 2.5 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 69.8 | |
| 95 | Megan Franke | UCLA | 40 | 2.5 | 15.9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 5.4 | 67.8 | meganlfranke |
| 96 | Laura W. Perna | U. Penn | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 5 | 67.7 | lauraperna1 |
| 97 | Deborah Loewenberg Ball | U. Michigan | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 5.3 | 67.6 | deborah_ball |
| 98 (tie) | Adam Gamoran | U. Wisconsin-Madison | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 5.7 | 66.7 | agamoran |
| 98 (tie) | Lynn Fuchs | Vanderbilt | 50 | 1.5 | 8.2 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | |
| 100 | Martin (Marty) West | Harvard | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 17.8 | 0 | 5.2 | 66.5 | ProfMartyWest |
| 101 | Kevin G. Welner | CU Boulder | 30 | 8.5 | 0 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 66.3 | |
| 102 | Louis Gomez | UCLA | 43 | 1.5 | 16.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 64.9 | |
| 103 | William Penuel | CU Boulder | 50 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 5.5 | 64.4 | bpenuel |
| 104 (tie) | Barbara Schneider | Michigan State | 48 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 64.2 | |
| 104 (tie) | Angela Valenzuela | UT Austin | 22 | 4.5 | 9.7 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9.2 | 0 | 4.8 | 64.2 | vlnzl |
| 104 (tie) | Jeanne Brooks-Gunn | Columbia (TC) | 50 | 6 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 64.2 | |
| 107 | Sylvia Hurtado | UCLA | 50 | 3.5 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 63.3 | |
| 108 | Nonie K. Lesaux | Harvard | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2.4 | 63.2 | NonieLesaux |
| 109 | Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot | Harvard | 21 | 17 | 12.8 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 | |
| 110 | David S. Yeager | UT Austin | 33 | 0.5 | 8.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 6 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |
| 111 (tie) | Susanna Loeb | Brown | 50 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.7 | 61.9 | SusannaLoeb |
| 111 (tie) | Amy Stuart Wells | Columbia (TC) | 42 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 4 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 61.9 | |
| 113 (tie) | Aaron M. Pallas | Columbia (TC) | 37 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 5.3 | 61.5 | AMPallas |
| 113 (tie) | Jason A. Grissom | Vanderbilt | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 7 | 10 | 6.3 | 0 | 4.9 | 61.5 | JasonAGrissom |
| 115 | Bridget Terry Long | Harvard | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 5 | 2 | 9.7 | 0 | 5.1 | 61.4 | bterrylong |
| 116 | Douglas N. Harris | Tulane | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0.3 | 5 | 3 | 10.5 | 0 | 5.1 | 60.9 | douglasharris99 |
| 117 | Carola Suarez-Orozco | UCLA | 45 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 60.5 | |
| 118 | Thomas Bailey | Columbia (TC) | 18 | 8 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0.1 | 60.1 | BaileyCCRC |
| 119 | Ellen Goldring | Vanderbilt | 50 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 59.8 | |
| 120 | Okhee Lee | NYU | 50 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.2 | 59.7 | LeeOl16 |
| 121 | Kris D. Gutierrez | UC Berkeley | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.8 | 59.5 | krisgu |
| 122 (tie) | Ernest Morrell | Notre Dame | 35 | 12.5 | 0 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 5.3 | 59.2 | ernestmorrell |
| 122 (tie) | Donald E. Heller | U. San Francisco | 33 | 4.5 | 0 | 1.6 | 5 | 4 | 5.3 | 0 | 5.7 | 59.2 | Donald_E_Heller |
| 124 | Stephanie M. Jones | Harvard | 37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 59 | |
| 125 (tie) | Ronald Ferguson | Harvard | 28 | 3.5 | 13.1 | 4.6 | 6 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 58.6 | |
| 125 (tie) | Margaret (Maggie) Grogan | Chapman | 33 | 5 | 8.5 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6.4 | 58.6 | edlead |
| 125 (tie) | William Schmidt | Michigan State | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.2 | 58.6 | bschmidt_msu |
| 125 (tie) | Camilla P. Benbow | Vanderbilt | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 58.6 | |
| 129 | David F. Labaree | Stanford | 33 | 15.5 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 3.6 | 58.5 | DLabaree |
| 130 | Rucker Johnson | UC Berkeley | 19 | 2 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 11 | 4 | 10.6 | 0 | 5 | 58.2 | ProfRucker |
| 131 | Howard C. Stevenson | U. Penn | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 8.9 | 0 | 4.8 | 58.1 | DrHoward_RECAST |
| 132 | Eva Baker | UCLA | 47 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 57.8 | |
| 133 | Carolyn Heinrich | Vanderbilt | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 5.1 | 57.7 | CJ_Heinrich |
| 134 | Brian A. Jacob | U. Michigan | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 57.6 | BrianJacobProf |
| 135 | Roberto G. Gonzales | Harvard | 24 | 4 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 9.4 | 0 | 5.9 | 57.2 | RGGonzales1 |
| 136 | Roland G. Fryer Jr. | Harvard | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 56.6 | |
| 137 | Alfredo Artiles | Arizona State | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 56.2 | artilesaj |
| 138 | David K. Cohen | U. Michigan | 43 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 55.1 | |
| 139 | Sandra E. Black | Columbia (Economics) | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6.1 | 54.7 | Econ_Sandy |
| 140 | Anthony Jack | Harvard | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0.1 | 7 | 5 | 9.1 | 0 | 5.8 | 53.9 | tony_jack |
| 141 | Josipa Roksa | U. Virginia | 31 | 1.5 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 0 | 6 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 53.5 | |
| 142 | Charles M. Payne | Rutgers | 18 | 8 | 11.5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 53.4 | |
| 143 | Janelle Scott | UC Berkeley | 25 | 1 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 5.5 | 53.3 | janelletscott |
| 144 (tie) | Mica Pollock | UC San Diego | 14 | 7 | 15.3 | 3.9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.7 | 52.9 | micapollock |
| 144 (tie) | Ivory Toldson | Howard | 21 | 4 | 10.2 | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 7.7 | 0 | 4.8 | 52.9 | toldson |
| 146 | Julian Vasquez Heilig | U. Kentucky | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 6 | 5 | 12.5 | 0 | 6.3 | 51.5 | ProfessorJVH |
| 147 | Cecilia Elena Rouse | Princeton | 35 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 6 | 1 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 50.9 | |
| 148 | Morgan Polikoff | USC | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 7 | 7 | 7.3 | 0 | 6.3 | 50.8 | mpolikoff |
| 149 | Carol D. Lee | Northwestern | 40 | 2.5 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50.6 | |
| 150 (tie) | Margaret Beale Spencer | U. Chicago | 45 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 50.1 | |
| 150 (tie) | Pam Grossman | U. Penn | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | 1 | 2 | 8.5 | 0 | 2.9 | 50.1 | PamPennGSE |
| 152 | Peter Arcidiacono | Duke | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 48.4 | |
| 153 | Benjamin L. Castleman | U. Virginia | 21 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 4 | 3 | 8.5 | 0 | 6.2 | 48.2 | BenCastleman |
| 154 | Heather C. Hill | Harvard | 41 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48.1 | |
| 155 | Michael A. Rebell | Columbia (TC) | 24 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.4 | 5 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | |
| 156 | Django Paris | U. Washington | 16 | 3.5 | 13.3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 6.6 | 47.6 | django_paris |
| 157 | David J. Deming | Harvard | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 10 | 2 | 9.5 | 0 | 5.1 | 47 | ProfDavidDeming |
| 158 | James Wyckoff | U. Virginia | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45.8 | |
| 159 | Jack Schneider | U. Massachusetts Lowell | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0.2 | 10 | 7 | 4.4 | 0 | 6 | 44.6 | Edu_Historian |
| 160 | Judith Scott-Clayton | Columbia (TC) | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5.9 | 44.3 | jscottclayton |
| 161 | Joshua S. Goodman | Brandeis | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 8 | 6 | 5.3 | 0 | 6.7 | 44 | JoshuaSGoodman |
| 162 | Michael Podgursky | U. Missouri | 38 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 43.2 | podgurskym |
| 163 | Prudence Carter | UC Berkeley | 20 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 6.3 | 43 | prudencelcarter |
| 164 | Andrew Ho | Harvard | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 5.9 | 42.9 | AndrewDeanHo |
| 165 | Katharine O. Strunk | Michigan State | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4.4 | 0 | 6.1 | 42.6 | KatharineStrunk |
| 166 | Tim Sass | Georgia State | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 42.3 | |
| 167 (tie) | Diane Schanzenbach | Northwestern | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 5.5 | 42 | dwschanz |
| 167 (tie) | Elaine Allensworth | U. Chicago | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 1.8 | 42 | E_Allensworth |
| 169 | Mark Berends | Notre Dame | 34 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 2.4 | 41.8 | berendma |
| 170 | Jonah Rockoff | Columbia (Business) | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 41.6 | |
| 171 | Ron Zimmer | U. Kentucky | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 41.4 | |
| 172 (tie) | Kirabo Jackson | Northwestern | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1 | 6 | 4.1 | 0 | 6.5 | 41 | KiraboJackson |
| 172 (tie) | Josh Cowen | Michigan State | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 41 | joshcowenMSU |
| 174 | Eric Bettinger | Stanford | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 40.8 | |
| 175 | Marcus A. Winters | Boston U. | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 4.9 | 40.6 | MarcusAWinters |
| 176 | Stacey Lee | U. Wisconsin-Madison | 24 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 40.4 | |
| 177 | Jerlando Jackson | U. Wisconsin-Madison | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | 5 | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 4.8 | 39.7 | DrJFLJackson |
| 178 | Matt Kraft | Brown | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5.6 | 38.8 | MatthewAKraft |
| 179 | Cory Koedel | U. Missouri | 23 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 5.7 | 35.3 | CoryKoedel |
| 180 | Lori Patton Davis | Ohio State | 26 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 5.4 | 33.5 | LoriPattonDavis |
| 181 | Sarah Reckhow | Michigan State | 11 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 6 | 5.5 | 0 | 5.4 | 33 | SReckhow |
| 182 | Vanessa Siddle Walker | Emory | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 32.9 | |
| 183 | Maisha Winn | UC Davis | 12 | 6 | 8.5 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 32.6 | |
| 184 | Michael Lovenheim | Cornell | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 | |
| 185 | Daphna Bassok | U. Virginia | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | 0 | 5.1 | 30.8 | daphnabassok |
| 186 | Doug Webber | Temple | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1.3 | 0 | 6.3 | 30.6 | dougwebberecon |
| 187 | Stella Flores | NYU | 19 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 5.7 | 28.2 | ProfessorFlores |
| 188 | Vivian L. Gadsden | U. Penn | 22 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 | |
| 189 | John P. Papay | Brown | 22 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 26.8 | |
| 190 | Anna Egalite | North Carolina State | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | 26.5 | annaegalite |
| 191 | Patrick McGuinn | Drew | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0.6 | 1 | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 25.4 | |
| 192 | Jennifer Jennings | Princeton | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 25.1 | |
| 193 | Michael Feuer | George Washington | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 24.9 | mjfeuer |
| 194 | Sarah Cohodes | Columbia (TC) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 5.3 | 23.6 | SarahCohodes |
| 195 | Nora Gordon | Georgetown | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 2 | 2.4 | 0 | 5.3 | 23.3 | NoraEGordon |
| 196 | Jordan Matsudaira | Columbia (TC) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 5 | 5.3 | 23 | jdmatsudaira |
| 197 | Eric Taylor | Harvard | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 0.1 | 22.1 | eric_s_taylor |
| 198 | Lesley Turner | Vanderbilt | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 | |
| 199 | David Steiner | Johns Hopkins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 4 | 5 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 17.4 | |
| 200 | Ruth N. Lopez Turley | Rice | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 3.4 | 13.2 | RuthLTurley |
The top scorers are all familiar names. Topping the rankings was Stanford University’s Carol Dweck, the doyenne of “growth mindset.” Also making the top five, in order, were Stanford’s Linda Darling-Hammond, Harvard University’s Howard Gardner, Stanford’s Jo Boaler, and Harvard’s Raj Chetty. Rounding out the top 10 were NYU’s Diane Ravitch, UCLA’s Pedro Noguera, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings, Temple’s Sara Goldrick-Rab, and U. Penn’s Angela Duckworth.
Washington University education dean William F. Tate made the biggest single leap from last year, climbing 110 spots to 52nd place. His rise was boosted by media speculation that he was in line to be hired as the next chancellor at the University of Tennessee or president of the University of South Carolina. Others making the biggest jumps from last year included the University of Virginia’s Sarah Turner, UC-Berkeley’s Jesse Rothstein, Penn State’s Erica Frankenberg, and UC-Berkeley’s David Kirp.
Stanford placed three scholars in the top five and five in the top 20. Harvard, the University of Virginia, UCLA, and UC-Berkeley also placed multiple scholars in the top 20. In terms of overall representation, Harvard led the way with 23 ranked scholars; Stanford was second, with 17; and UCLA was third, with 14. All told, 58 universities had at least one scholar make the cut.
When it comes to the best-selling books penned by the top 200 scholars, Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success continues to top the charts—14 years after its initial publication. Other books that fared especially well were Angela Duckworth’s Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (2016), Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (2018), Jo Boaler’s Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas (2015), and Christopher Emdin’s For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood (2016). Remarkably, these are the exact same five books that held the top five spots last year. Year in and year out, this list of titles invariably offers a snapshot into the popular mood.
Now, if readers want to argue the construction, reliability, or validity of any or all of these metrics, feel free. This whole endeavor is an imprecise, highly imperfect exercise. Of course, the same can be said about college rankings, NFL quarterback ratings, or international scorecards of human rights. Yet, for all their imperfections, such efforts convey real information and help spark useful discussion. I hope the same is true here.
I welcome thoughts and questions and am happy to entertain any and all suggestions. So, take a look and have at it.
Tomorrow, we’ll break down the top 10 faculty in each discipline and highlight the top five junior faculty.
Frederick Hess is director of education policy studies at AEI and an executive editor at Education Next.
This post originally appeared on Rick Hess Straight Up.
