Dr. John D. Denning
Principal, New Educational Ventures
Senior Advisor, John M. Belk Endowment
John D. Denning, Ed.D., is the principal at New Educational Ventures and a senior advisor at the John M. Belk Endowment.
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He previously served in roles as an award-winning high school social studies teacher, a researcher with the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, a chair of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission and North Carolina’s state director for K-12 and postsecondary alignment.