Ginger Cook

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Ginger Cook
Early Literacy District Coach,
Oakland Unified School District

Ginger Cook is an early literacy district coach in Oakland Unified School District, where she supports literacy improvement efforts across multiple schools. She was previously a teacher on special assignment and a third-grade teacher at Acorn Woodland Elementary School in Oakland, where she led language arts implementation and helped the school achieve the district’s highest growth in reading performance. She has been a regional director, national education consultant, and state and district partnerships manager for the Center for the Collaborative Classroom. She was also a research assistant at Stanford University in the Center for Research on the Context of Teaching, focusing on teaching in New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Cook began her career as a Teach for America corps member, teaching third through fifth grades in the Rio Grande Valley. Cook earned her PhD in education from Stanford University.

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Publications by Ginger Cook
Mothers and Young Children Move Through Welfare Reform
Policy leaders in Washington and the states are engaging a new debate over an old question: How can society best aid jobless mothers and enrich their children’s lives? The dramatic reform of family welfare policies in 1996, aided by robust economic…
Mothers and Young Children Move Through Welfare Reform: Executive Summary
Policy leaders in Washington and the states are engaging a new debate over an old question: How can society best aid jobless mothers and enrich their children’s lives? The dramatic reform of family welfare policies in 1996, aided by robust economic…