Education has long been one of the top careers Yale students choose after graduation. 15% of Yale college graduates go on to careers in education. In recent years, over three quarters of Education Studies Scholars pursue jobs and graduate school in education after graduation.
Yale Alumni in Education
Yale alumni have a long tradition of leadership roles in education. Distinguished alumni include Lloyd Morisett (PhD 1953), co-founder of the Sesame Street Workshop, College Board director David Coleman (AB 1991), Linda Darling-Hammond (AB 1973) education scholar and director of the Learning Policy Institute, John King (JD 2007), President of the Education Trust and the former Secretary of Education, and Achievement First charter school network CEO Dacia Toll (JD 1999). In recent years, education technology entrepreneurs include Max Ventilla, the founder of Alt School, Sam Strasser (YC 2008) of Summit Public Schools and Aaron Feuer (YC 2013) of Panorama Education.