Drew Hinds has taught in Idaho, California and Oregon, served as a school and district https://dropoutprevention.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/C.W.-Gardenhire-pic.jpgistrator, and currently serves as the alternative programs and instructional materials specialist at the Oregon Department of Education. As the alternative programs specialist, he is responsible for state educational policy and evaluation that impacts more than 400 alternative programs that serve more than 15,000 Oregon students. Drew’s areas of interest include educational leadership, curriculum evaluation, online/blended learning and the design and evaluation of new and innovative schools. Drew holds a master’s degree in education from Western Oregon University and is a doctoral student at Portland State University.