Meet Catherine Cottingham

Founder of Kinfox Education Design

Catherine Cottingham is a curriculum designer, author and Montessori-certified educator. She’s taught grades 1–8, served in Director of Education and Department Head roles, and designed several full K–8 curriculum across all subjects. Known for blending creativity with academic rigor, she trains teachers and writes widely on effective, student-centered instruction.

Catherine created Kinfox Education Design to offer a connected collection of resources to champion holistic and innovative K-12 learning, teacher development and youth programming.

She is the author of the Integrated Writing & Grammar Series and the Essential Questions series.

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