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Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Texts are published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, more than 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that’s accessible to everyone, aligned to standards, and attached to activities and reporting that provide visibility into what students are learning and how teachers are leveraging the content in instruction. With more than 15,000 texts and 10 new texts published daily across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any topic they choose. read more
Derrick Ware — Chief Technology Officer at Newsela
Executive Bio
Derrick Ware is Chief Technology Officer at Newsela where he leads a team of Software Engineering, IT, InfoSec, Data and Project Management professionals. He is an accomplished technology leader who has solved tech problems at a variety of large SaaS and B2B tech companies. Derrick develops impactful strategies by focusing on delivering key outcomes, building amazing teams, and quickly adapting to new learnings. He is data driven and excels at the execution of big ideas with given constraints. Derrick was an F-15E “Strike Eagle” crew chief in the United States Air Force, and subsequently spent several years working on hardware and software solutions at IBM. --- Derrick’s favorite subject in school: Math
Executive Team Culture Ratings from Newsela Employees
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Newsela's Executive Team scores in the Top 5%
of similar sized companies on Comparably
of similar sized companies on Comparably
Newsela's Executive Team at a Glance
Based on 199 ratings, Newsela's employees are very satisfied with their Executive Team and give them an “A+” or 88/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the Business Development department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Customer Success department.
Newsela's Executive Team ranks in the Top 5% of other companies in Buffalo, NY and Top 5% of other companies on Comparably that also have 201-500 Employees.
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