Dan Cogan-Drew

Dan brings twenty-plus years of professional experience spent working towards a more perfect union of teaching, learning, and technology. Most recently, Dan was the founding Director of Digital Learning at Achievement First Public Charter Schools and a founding member of the Gates Foundation Next Generation Community of Practice, traveling the country to visit sites of innovation and reviewing dozens of software products across K–12 math and literacy. Prior to this, Dan was Director of Programs at the Connecticut Career Choices Program, where he developed blended high school STEM programs. Before that he taught and developed federally funded professional development programs in the Graduate Department of Education at Tufts University.

He began his education career in Teach for America, and went on to teach in public and private schools, as well as in the US Navy. He holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University, an M.A. from Brown University, and an M.A. from Tufts University.

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