Nathan D. Lang-Raad

Nathan D. Lang-Raad, EdD, is an educator, speaker, author, and founder and CEO of Raad Education, with a focus on instructional coaching, creativity, innovation, and AI-enhanced learning in K–12 education. He has served as a classroom teacher, elementary and high school administrator, university adjunct professor, director of elementary curriculum and instruction for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, and education supervisor at NASA’s Johnson Space Center; his previous roles also include chief education officer at WeVideo and vice president of national product line at Savvas Learning Company.

Lang-Raad is the author of multiple books for educators, including Everyday Instructional Coaching: Seven Daily Drivers to Support Teacher Effectiveness, Instructional Coaching Connection: Building Relationships to Better Support Teachers, Never Stop Asking: Teaching Students to Be Better Critical Thinkers, Renaissance Thinking in the Classroom: Interdisciplinary Learning, Real-World Problems, Intellectually Curious Students, The AI Assist: Strategies for Integrating AI into the Very Human Act of Teaching, and The Empathetic Edge: A Mindful Approach to Instructional Coaching, as well as coauthored works such as Purposeful Instruction for Any Learning Environment and The New Art and Science of Teaching Mathematics. He holds a bachelor’s degree in general science–chemistry from Harding University, a