Ryan A. Estrellado

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.