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Dan Cogan-Drew

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Founder at Newsela

Maplewood, New Jersey, United States

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Dan Cogan-Drew is Co-Founder and Chief Academic Officer of Newsela, a personalized reading service that provides fiction and non-fiction articles at multiple reading levels for students in grades 3 to 12, along with Common Core-aligned quizzes and writing tools. His background includes curriculum development for online and blended learning, teacher education and professional development, and 1:1 mobile device programs, and he co-authored a $4.4 million Investing in Innovation (i3) grant proposal. He has co-designed video annotation software, delivered training workshops in the United States and several European countries, and taught in public, independent, urban, suburban, and charter school settings from middle school through graduate teacher education programs.

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Newsela's investors · 8

Kapor CapitalOakland · $100K – $1M checksKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2015New Ground VenturesPalo Alto · since 2013New Ground VenturesWestportOwl VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2015Reach CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $12M checks · since 2015TCVMenlo Park · $10M – $500M checks · since 2015TechstarsBoulder · $220K checks · since 2015

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Matthew GrossFounder

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Who is Dan Cogan-Drew?
Dan Cogan-Drew is Co-Founder and Chief Academic Officer of Newsela, a personalized reading service that provides fiction and non-fiction articles at multiple reading levels for students in grades 3 to 12, along with Common Core-aligned quizzes and writing tools. His background includes curriculum development for online and blended learning, teacher education and professional development, and 1:1 mobile device programs, and he co-authored a $4.4 million Investing in Innovation (i3) grant proposal. He has co-designed video annotation software, delivered training workshops in the United States and several European countries, and taught in public, independent, urban, suburban, and charter school settings from middle school through graduate teacher education programs.
Where does Dan Cogan-Drew work?
Dan Cogan-Drew is Founder of Newsela.
What companies did Dan Cogan-Drew found?
Dan Cogan-Drew founded Newsela.

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