About: Daniella A. Cook
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Daniella A. Cook is an assistant professor at the University of Tulsa School of Education who has done extensive research in New Orleans. Daniella is an accomplished organizer, educator and facilitator. She has worked with state level non-profits in North Carolina on child well being and education. Cook served as the Matrix Project Director at the Institute for African American Research at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. This project was designed to increase the math achievement of African American kids in two rural counties in North Carolina. As the former Education Fellow with the North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute, Cook increased the visibility of this non-profit group focused on child well-being in communities across North Carolina. Prior to this, Cook was the Fair-Testing Organizer for the Common Sense Foundation in Raleigh where she mobilized communities statewide to reform North Carolina's testing program. Since January 2006, she has served as the Project Coordinator for The National Coalition for Quality Education in New Orleans (NCQENO) since January 2006. In addition, she was a member of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform’s New Orleans Case Study Team for the 2009 Emerging Knowledge Forum.
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