Best Education Newsletters in 2026

Slow AI

Excellent

Knowing when to use AI and when to leave it the hell alone.

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

Quiet Wisdom

Excellent

Quiet Wisdom offers gentle reflections and insights to help you find peace and clarity in every moment.

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

Card Catalog

Excellent

Teaching you how to think like a librarian in the age of AI.

Long-form writing with a devoted readership

First Fish Chronicles

Strong

First Fish Chronicles is about dismantling the EdTech industry to save children, education, and democracy.

Long-form writing with a devoted readership

Standards Not Force

Strong

Nonviolent, lawful civic engagement grounded in discipline, unity, and responsibility.

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

Demystifying Life

Excellent

Unfortunately, much of the research in exercise & nutrition science has bad methodologies, which invalidate their conclusions. Furthermore, the internet is full of people writing posts with good intentions, but incorrect knowledge. We filter it for you.

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

d@w's Substack

Strong

Democracy At Work is a 501c3 organization co-founded by Professor Richard D. Wolff whose mission is to challenge capitalism with progressive, entertaining and educational media.

Frequent updates that readers actually engage with

Rooted by Nelly

Strong

Rooted in homegrown food, seasonal rhythms, and stories that nourish — from my kitchen and garden.

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

Education Is Elevation

Excellent

"Education is Elevation" is pedagogy of rawness cultivated to explore cultural, educational and political criticisms while keeping it unapologetically real. Education is Elevation come politic with me.

Frequent updates that readers actually engage with

Common Sense Rebel

Excellent

We are all "The Gears" ⚙️👷‍♀️🧑‍🔧—the productive force that makes the world run 🌎. It's time to build a new machine 🛠️🔥 and grind "The Rust" 🦠💰 into dust. 💥

Long-form writing with a devoted readership

Mr Salles Teaches English

Strong

The easiest and most rewarding ways to get top grades in GCSE English language and literature.

Frequent updates that readers actually engage with

NoteswNat’s Substack

Strong

Research-backed brain science that actually makes sense.

Deeply researched pieces with unusually loyal readers