Kyle Smitley is a Detroit-based writer focusing on the intersection of schools and money. For Forbes, she’s covered topics ranging from cell phone bans (Unplugged And Learning: How Cellphone Bans Are A Low-Cost Path To Boosting Student Focus And Achievement In America’s Schools) to how a good school can quantifiably impact a neighborhood (Snubbing Education Innovation And Upward Mobility? In This Economy?). She is a 13+ year K-8 school administrator (Detroit Achievement Academy & Detroit Prep). She is obsessed with hearing and telling the stories of the school lunch man, teachers doing literally anything, anyone with an EBT card, and your rich uncle. She is a proud 2023 Yass Prize Finalist. In a past life, she built and sold a startup and was recognized as a 2009 Inc. 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs Under 30.