Dalton Jackson grew up in a small rural community in the south. Dalton has always had a natural desire to teach – he was the kid leading the informal tutoring sessions during and after class. After graduating high school as part of a class of less than 100 people, he attended a state university and received a degree in biology. From there, he immediately went into teaching high school in a community similar to the one in which he grew up.
Dalton’s two-year experience teaching contained some of the best and worst moments of his life. After friends, neighbors, and strangers in person and online encouraged him, he collected his recollections into the book that became Schooled.
Dalton is now happily employed as a graduate research assistant and PhD student in a laboratory that studies chronic disease. After he receives his doctorate, Dalton hopes to return to teaching at the community college level.