The greatest education blogger ever was Eduwonkette.
For some 22 months, the masked woman fired off sharp missives, dissecting bad ideas with hard data and incisive questions.
She started her blog at Education Week in January 2007 and kept it going until October 2009, when she figuratively “hung up her cape.”
Her stuff was spectacular, and no one knew who she was.
Here is a sample of her writing,
Eventually she felt compelled to reveal her identity, and soon after she closed down her blog.
She was a graduate student in sociology, working on her doctorate.
Once she lost her anonymity, she stepped away from what was the most popular education blog ever.
She promised to return when she is needed.
But she never did.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Perhaps you should shine the “Wonk Signal” into the Gotham City night.
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Thank you for reminding us all; she was extraordinary. Come back! Come back!
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I am speaking from my own understanding of the situation; I haven’t been in touch with Eduwonkette since the Eduwonkette days (or a little afterward, when I saw her at an event).
I don’t think she has broken a promise. The last words on her blog were:
“I’ll leave you with some classic superhero fare: Harvey Dent: We’ve received a letter from Batman this morning. ‘Please inform the citizens of Gotham that Gotham City has earned a rest from crime. But if the forces of evil should rise again to cast a shadow on the heart of the city, call me.’”
She didn’t say whether or how she would answer if called.
Her blog was wonderful. But it had a time and place. It couldn’t have gone on indefinitely. I trust that she is making choices conscientiously and doing good work.
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I thought she was at NYU (http://sociology.as.nyu.edu/object/jennings.html) with a detour through a Harvard fellowship from 2009-11.
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