Matthew Gross
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Gross
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Gross has led the growth of Newsela from inception to over 500 employees and over 40 million registered teachers and students. He has a twenty-five-year career in education policy and practice, nonprofit and for-profit entrepreneurship, and product development and distribution. Previously, Matthew was Executive Director of the Regents Research Fund, a privately funded affiliate of the New York State Board of Regents and Education Department that helped lead the implementation of Race to the Top-driven education reforms. He began his career as a Teach for America corps member, teaching music at C.S. 50 in the South Bronx. He holds a B.A. from Columbia University. --- Matthew’s favorite subject in school: U.S. History