Andrew Plemmons Pratt works in blended learning in Washington, DC as the Field Operations Manager for New Classrooms. Previously, he taught 7th-grade English in Prince George’s County, Maryland. He was a 2010 Teach For America corps member, and before that was the managing editor at scienceprogress.org, the science and tech policy magazine at the Center for American Progress, a think tank in Washington, DC. He writes about edtech and literacy, among other things, at appratt.com. All views expressed here are his own.