Frederick M. Hess ✓

@rickhess99 · Washington DC · joined 03 May 2013

Educator. Author. Director @AEIeducation. Executive editor @educationnext. Blogger @educationweek. Contributing editor @NRO. Mean-spirited SOB.

20 071Followers

468Following

19 538Posts total

37.4KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views607this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.02%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.33%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	607	2 751	0.22×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.02%	9.00%	0.34×
Engagement rate	0.33%	1.65%	0.20×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

33.1K5 Jan

1.7K15 Jun

60725 Aug

48731 Aug

8991 Sep

601

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.25%5 Jan

0.29%15 Jun

0.16%25 Aug

0.62%31 Aug

0.44%1 Sep

0.33%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes54.9%62 in total

Reposts15.0%17 in total

Replies6.2%7 in total

Quotes10.6%12 in total

Bookmarks13.3%15 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

I chat with assistant secretary Alex Adams (@ACF_Adams) about the Trump administration’s proposal to overhaul Head Start. He explains the vision, responds to the critics, and argues that this is about strengthening— not shrinking— the program. 601 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 What’s Behind the Trump Administration's Push to Reform Head Start? I talk with assistant secretary Alex Adams about the push to cut costs & boost the number of kids served— and his response to the critics. See what you think. At @EducationWeek. https://t.co/VeKVLVua6g 899 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 Leadership by Cliché An iconic television director’s autobiography would be right at home on a shelf of books about education leadership. Me, at @EducationNext. https://t.co/mQt7ESnKOR 487 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 31 Aug 2026 Kids spend much of their day on screens. Common Sense Media reports that 8-to-12-year-olds are on screens for 5.5 hours a day; the figure is over 8.5 hours for the 13-to-18 set. 88% of teens have a phone. Half of parents with a child 12 or under say their kid watches YouTube 607 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 25 Aug 2026 Ed School Dean Smug Snidely: “Teachers Deserve More Debt!” The celebrity dean argues that it’s “disrespectful” to limit student loans for educators or compromise ed schools’ bottom. Me, at @EducationNext. https://t.co/oHyYOc1E0m 1.7K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 15 Jun 2026 AI Changes NOTHING About What Students Need to Learn Me, at ⁦@EducationNext⁩. https://t.co/XXDcItGZkN 33.1K views · 52 likes · 16 reposts · 6 replies 05 Jan 2026