Director of the Global Campaign

Dr. Edwin H. Gragert has three decades of experience in global education.  He is the Director of the Global Campaign for Education-US, an advocacy coalition of 74 organizations committed to securing a quality education for all young people worldwide.  Earlier, he served as the Executive Director of iEARN-USA, pioneering and expanding online collaborative learning among schools worldwide. He also served as Executive Director of ICYE-US, an international youth exchange program, and worked for the International Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.   Ed received a BA in Japanese political science from the University of Washington and an MA in Korean History and PhD in Japanese History from Columbia University. He has authored numerous articles on educational technology and teacher professional development and has a column on Huffington Post