Wade Whitehead

A nationally-recognized, fourth-generation public school classroom teacher, author, speaker, consultant, and foundation director who has worked with communities around the world to impact teacher quality and student success.

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An educator who creates and employs one-size-fits-few instruction and who loves to build equitable communities of imagination, discovery, and sharing for students and their families.

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Executive Director of the 501(c)(3) Teachers of Promise Foundation, which is dedicated to celebrating the best prospective teachers in America.  Executive Director of the Teachers of Promise Institute, which has identified and recognized almost 4,000 future educators from dozens of colleges and universities.

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CEO of Causing Thinking and an international speaker and consultant on topics ranging from differentiated instruction and student engagement to technology integration and classroom management.

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Fiercely dedicated to public schools as the last bastion of democracy in society and who believes that, when it comes to teaching and learning in our classrooms, the best is yet to come.