Dana Goldstein is a journalist and author whose work focuses on politics, education, and women's issues. She is currently a domestic correspondent at The New York Times. Previously, Goldstein was a staff writer at The Marshall Project and an associate editor at The Daily Beast. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, The New Republic, and Politico. Goldstein's first book, "The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession," was published in 2014. Goldstein was raised in Ossining, New York. She received her degree in European intellectual and cultural history with a focus on gender from Brown University.