The Learning Scientists Blog Turns 10!

On February 5, 2026, we celebrate a major milestone: ten years of the Learning Scientists Blog. A full decade. A true blogaversary.

What began in late January 2016 as a small, hopeful experiment between Jude Weinstein (who went by Yana at the time) and me has grown into something far beyond what we imagined. We simply wanted to help students learn better. We launched a Twitter account, started building learningscientists.org, and on February 5, 2016, we hit “publish” on our very first post: Communication Breakdown Between Science and Practice in Education.

We had no grand blueprint—just a shared belief that research on learning should be understandable and usable for the people who need it most.

Over the past ten years, that belief has guided everything we’ve built. We’ve created free downloadable resources, launched a podcast, written books, and led professional development workshops across the globe. Our website has welcomed millions of visitors from 99 countries (and if there are more, they’re probably hiding in the mysterious “other” category on Squarespace!).

By early 2019, our team had grown to four. What started as a side project became a shared mission—and a shared journey. We’ve collaborated, challenged each other, supported each other, and grown together. We celebrate wins together. We vent about Reviewer 2 together. We laugh, we cry, we keep going. Through it all, we’ve lifted one another up both professionally and personally.

Looking back at that very first blog post feels a bit like rereading a graduate school application after becoming a faculty member. The core ideas are there, but I can clearly see how much I’ve evolved—how my thinking has deepened, how my communication has sharpened, and how my perspective has expanded. Our mission to help students learn remains unchanged. But along the way, we realized something essential: meaningful impact requires dialogue.

Not communication to educators—but communication with them.

The conversations we’ve had with teachers and other educators have shaped our work in powerful ways. Their questions, insights, and classroom experiences have influenced how we think, write, and share. This community has never been one-sided. It’s collaborative. It’s dynamic. It’s alive.

So today, on our ten-year anniversary, we want to say thank you.

Whether you’ve been here since that very first post in 2016 or just recently joined us…
Whether you regularly use our free materials, tune into the podcast, read our books, attend our workshops, or simply skim our emails from time to time…

You are part of this story.

This community exists because of you. And personally, I can say with complete sincerity: I’ve learned as much from all of you—if not more—than I could ever hope to teach.

Here’s to ten years of learning together. And to many more ahead.