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Curriculum Associates is an edtech company committed to making classrooms better places for teachers and students with our award-winning products. read more

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TOTAL RATINGS: 6160

CEO: Rob Waldron

Rob Waldron Curriculum Associates CEO Rating

Curriculum Associates' CEO, Rob Waldron, has 216 employee ratings and a score of 90/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees and Top 5% of other companies in Boston. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that males at Curriculum Associates rate Rob Waldron higher than females, giving the CEO a score of 90/100.

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Curriculum Associates CEO Rob Waldron Bio

Rob Waldron joined Curriculum Associates in 2008, bringing leadership experience from both the for-profit and nonprofit education worlds. He runs the company with a long-term focus, upholding the founding mission to improve classrooms everywhere. Under his leadership, revenues have increased more than eleven-fold, making Curriculum Associates one of the nation’s fastest-growing K–12 education publishing companies. Curriculum Associates now employs more than 1,500 staff and has earned “Top Place to Work” status from The Boston Globe seven years in a row.

Prior to joining Curriculum Associates, Rob served as CEO of Jumpstart, a national nonprofit preparing preschoolers from low-income backgrounds for success, and as CEO of the K12 tutoring division of Kaplan Education. Rob also served as an operating executive at private equity firm Berkshire Partners.

Rob’s mission-driven passion has earned him recognition as a Fast Company Top 25 Social Entrepreneur, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year. He has also won the Northeastern US Regional YPO Social Impact Award and EdTech Digest’s CEO of the Year. A member of the Association of Test Publishers CEO Council, Rob previously served as an Aspen Institute/Pahara Fellow and as a fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School. Rob received his BA from Northwestern and his MBA from Harvard.

Who Ranks Curriculum Associates' CEO Rating the Highest?

Tenure - Less than 1 Year 100/100

Experience - Entry Level 95/100

Department - Engineering 94/100

Who Ranks Curriculum Associates' CEO Rating the Lowest?

Ethnicity - African American/Black 85/100

Department - Product 86/100

Ethnicity - Asian or Pacific Islander 87/100

Curriculum Associates CEO Rob Waldron At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Curriculum Associates.

Based on 216 ratings, Rob Waldron ranks right above Toast's CEO, Aman Narang.

Curriculum Associates' CEO is highly regarded by employees who have been at the company Less than 1 Year, employees with Entry Level experience, and the Engineering department. However, African American/Black employees, the Product department, and Asian or Pacific Islander employees have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.