David Bates

David Bates

Curriculum Design Research Coordinator, Democratic Knowledge Project
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David Bates is the Curriculum Design Research Coordinator with the Democratic Knowledge Project (DKP). He coordinates several curricular activities in service of the DKP’s research agenda. This includes supporting the development of the DKP’s 8th grade civics curriculum, “Civic Engagement in Our Democracy.” Previously, he was a teacher in both Tulsa and Boston, and he has degrees from the University of Rochester, the University of Chicago, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.