Rebecca Dreyfus

Director and Intervention Practice Lead

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Rebecca is an expert in special education, intervention, trauma-responsive care, social-emotional well-being, and inclusive practices.

She earned her B.A. in linguistics from UCLA and her master’s and credentials in special education from the University of San Francisco. Rebecca has served as a special education teacher, with a focus on autism and multilingual learners, and cofounded and served as the director of developmental learning at a nonprofit that provided academic and social-emotional interventions for students experiencing instability, such as foster care, homelessness, and domestic violence. She feels incredibly lucky to be on teams that critically examine educational systems and student experiences through a lens of educational equity.

I’ve served as a special education teacher in a variety of school settings, and I continue to work with students with learning and thinking differences and trauma in a one-to-one setting, ensuring access to core instruction and grade-level content.

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A close-up photograph of a young woman with dark, curly hair and glasses, leaning in to assist a young boy with his schoolwork. The woman, likely a teacher or tutor, is smiling and pointing at a paper with a pencil while the boy, who is wearing a dark hoodie, looks intently at the work. Word flashcards are visible on a blue background in the distance.

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Today, we work side-by-side with educators, system leaders, and communities across the nation to reach ambitious goals for student success.

Yet the possibilities we imagine push far beyond the walls of school and the education field alone. We are catalyzing a movement across sectors to create multiple pathways for young people to achieve academic, economic, and social mobility.

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