John Silva
News Literacy Project
Senior Director of Professional Learning
Chicago, IL
John Silva is the News Literacy Project’s senior director of professional learning.
He joined NLP in March 2017 with 13 years of experience as a middle and high social studies teacher with Chicago Public Schools. He first became involved with news literacy in 2014 when his students engaged in NLP’s original classroom program.
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, John spent several years in corporate telecommunications positions before deciding to become a teacher. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in the teaching of history and has a master’s degree in education, with a concentration in e-learning, from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. He became a National Board Certified Teacher in 2012.