She has been an education correspondent for NPR,[1] a senior writer for Fast Company magazine, and a columnist for Tribune Media Services, and the author of several books.

[3] As a Fellow at the New America Foundation, Kamenetz wrote a book, The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing–But You Don’t Have to Be,[4] which was released in January 2015.

Her book, The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life was published by PublicAffairs, and imprint of Hachette, in January 2018.

"[9] Her book The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children's Lives, And Where We Go Now, was published by PublicAffairs, an imprint of Hachette, in 2022.

Kamenetz grew up in Baton Rouge and New Orleans and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School and Yale College in 2002.