Ginger Cook

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.
updated 2025