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Andrew J. Rotherham is a co-founder and partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit organization working to support educational innovation and improve outcomes for underserved students. He is also a contributing editor to U.S. News & World Report and a senior editor at The 74, an education news and analysis publication. Rotherham writes the blog Eduwonk.com, teaches at The University of Virginia (UVA), and is a senior advisor for Whiteboard Advisors. Among other positions Rotherham previously served at The White House as special assistant to the president for domestic policy during the Clinton administration, as a member of the Virginia Board of Education, education columnist for TIME, and founder and executive editor of RealClearEducation. In addition to Bellwether, Rotherham has founded or co-founded two other education organizations and served on the boards of or advised successful education startups in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
Rotherham is the author or co-author of more than 450 published articles, book chapters, papers, and op-eds about education policy and politics and is the author or editor of four books on educational policy. He serves on the boards of directors for the UVA School of Education and Human Development, The 74, and on the international board of directors for Classroom Champions, a Canada-based nonprofit that pairs Olympic and Paralympic athletes with high-poverty classrooms as mentors. Rotherham advises a variety of organizations including Upbeat, a data analytics company focused on teacher retention, Ellevation, a company that supports English Language Learners, and The National Young Farmers Coalition. He is a fellow and moderator in the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Outside of his professional work, Rotherham raises money to support the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, works as an EMT for a rural Virginia county, and he and his wife host a concert series featuring regional and national musical acts in a former one-room schoolhouse. He and his wife, a public school teacher, make their home in Virginia with their two daughters.
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