Sarah D. Sparks is a reporter and data journalist for °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ who has covered education research and the science of learning for more than 15 years. Sarah joined °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ in 2010 and has published on education and other issues in Education Daily, the Republican-American, the Wall Street Journal, National Geographic Traveler, and others. A New Orleans native, she now calls Maryland home.