Jason Panella

Jason Panella

‘To best prepare our children for largely unknown workforce demands, and the shifting economic landscape of the future…. what do our nation’s classrooms need to look like today?’

This is the question that has fueled most of Jason’s professional life. He is always looking for innovative and engaging projects, ideas, curriculum that will capture students’ imaginations and keep them learning.

Jason brings more than 20 years of experience in the education field, focused on supporting educators’ adoption of emerging classroom technologies and teaching practice.

Jason has held senior leadership and business development positions at Thomson Learning, Pearson Education, Open Up Resources, and Curriculum Associates. While at Pearson, Jason worked on online and blended learning initiatives, was the lead architect for a K–12 custom publishing program, and later led channel sales strategy and partner development efforts. Most recently, he contributed to the launch of Open Up Resources, a leading, not for profit provider of high quality core ELA and mathematics programs, and is currently working to make robotics, coding, and AI approachable and accessible to all students as a matter of equity.