Brandon Byrd is a Teach Plus Commonwealth Teaching Policy Fellow. Brandon teaches 5th grade English Language Arts and social studies at Barnstable United Elementary School. He is a curriculum writer for Barnstable Public Schools and serves on the committee for multi -tiered system of support as well as the school’s research and data team. Brandon earned a BA in Elementary Education from Saint Augustine’s College, and a MA in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Massachusetts in Lowell.