Adam Harris is an award-winning journalist. He is currently a staff writer at The Atlantic covering national politics. He is the author of The State Must Provide, a narrative history of racial inequality higher education, published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins. He was previously a reporter at the Chronicle of Higher Education where he covered federal education policy and historically black colleges and universities. Prior to joining The Chronicle he worked at ProPublica, and has been a National Fellow at New America. He was named to the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list and his writing has appeared in BBC, Bleacher Report, and EBONY Magazine.

Barbara Biasi is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale University School of Management. She is a labor economist doing work on education, inequality, and creativity. Her current work includes various topics related to teachers' labor markets, the effects of changes in school spending, and the links between education and innovation. 

Dr. Carlas McCauley serves as Associate Professor in the Education Leadership and Policy Studies Department and Associate Dean for Research and Sponsored Programs. Dr. McCauley teaches courses on education policy, school finance and financial management.

Christopher Candelaria is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. He specializes in school finance and resource allocation. Christopher’s research agenda consists of two aims. His first aim is to characterize the contexts in which money matters for student outcomes by examining changes in school funding systems at the state and local levels of government. His second aim is to better understand the resources that school systems employ to support students. Presently, Christopher is working with the Tennessee Education Research Alliance and the Tennessee Department of Education to study the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement, the state’s new funding formula.

Jason Baron is an Assistant Professor in Economics at Duke University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His work focuses on topics in labor and public economics and has been published in journals such as the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. In addition to his work at Duke, Jason serves as a Research Affiliate with the Education Policy Initiative at the University of Michigan. 

Ericka Weathers is an assistant professor at University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education’s Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems division. She studies the causes and consequences of inequality in K–12 education as well as the effects of K–12 policies on student and school outcomes. Ericka’s work has been funded by the Russell Sage Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Jennifer O’Neal Schiess is a senior partner & Policy and Evaluation practice leader at Bellwether. Since 2014, she has worked with a range of clients, including national and state advocacy organizations, nonprofits, policy think tanks, and foundations. She advises clients on state and national education policy, covering multiple topics including finance, governance, and assessment and accountability.

Josh B. McGee is an economist who is a faculty member in the Department of Education Reform and associate director of the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas. His work focuses on helping governments and nonprofits use data and evidence to make better decisions. His research investigates issues related to retirement policy, K–12 education, and economic development and has been published in popular media outlets and scholarly journals.

Julien Lafortune is a research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, where he specializes in education and economics. His primary areas of focus include K–12 education finance, school infrastructure, human capital, and labor market policy. He has authored policy reports, briefs, presentations, and blogs on a variety of policy topics, including K–12 education, labor market issues, demographics, and housing markets. He has academic published research papers in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics and the American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings.

Katie Roy currently serves as a Senior Advisor at Education Resource Strategies and Managing Attorney of Nonprofits Counsel, LLC. Prior to these roles, Katie founded the School + State Finance Project, a nonpartisan policy organization recognized for its independent analysis and creative, thoughtful policy solutions to education funding and state finance challenges.