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The Most Influential Education Researchers (in Charts)

January 15, 2021 1 min read
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This is the 11th year that Rick Hess has published the RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. Who are these education researchers? Where do they teach? Do they hail from red states or blue states? And how often were they cited by newspapers on issues related to COVID-19? These charts offer answers.

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