John's University), math and science teacher (New York State Education Department), and research scientist (HETL Association). Dr. Blessinger founded one of the world's largest networks of educators and he has pioneered several innovations in education. He collaborates with academic leaders and scholars around the world on meaningful ways to improve educational policy and outcomes as well as strengthen democracy and human rights by creating sustainable models of education and lifelong learning by working at the nexus of theory, policy, and practice. These collaborations have yielded many scholarly publications and initiatives, as well as many new theories, principles, models, methods, frameworks, taxonomies, and concepts.