Frank Gallagher, Director, Education and Media Literacy

Frank Gallagher is Director of Education and Media Literacy for Cable in the Classroom (CIC).  He is a specialist in the areas of media and information literacy, internet safety, media education, and the impact of media on children. Gallagher manages CIC's work in those fields and speaks frequently on those topics.  He was a consulting editor to CIC's publications, Cable in the Classroom Magazine and Threshold, and is also responsible for tracking the cable industry’s work with schools, and writing briefing materials for both the cable and education communities.

Gallagher serves on the board of directors of National PTA and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and on the Interim Board of the National Forum on Information Literacy.  In addition, he is on the Communications Commission of California PTA, the national advisory board for the Internet Keep Safe Coalition and on the Washington, DC, advisory board of Common Sense Media.

Prior to joining Cable in the Classroom in 1995, Mr. Gallagher was an educator and taught in a Maryland middle school. Frank Gallagher is a graduate of the University of Arizona and received a master's degree in Instructional Systems Design from the University of Maryland.