Carrie Craven currently works as an ELA paraprofessional and intervention specialist at a second-year charter school in Louisiana. She moved from Seattle as a Teach for America cohort in Louisiana. For three years she taught middle-school writing and language arts the New Orleans area. She earned an interdisciplinary degree in the Social Art of Language.
Ginger Aaron-Brush teaches elementary physical education in metro Birmingham, Alabama. As an educator for 15 years she has mentored many student interns and has lead countless professional development sessions. She holds bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Montevallo and an educational specialist degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Jonathan teaches seventh- and eighth-grade history at Moses Brown School, a Quaker school in Providence, Rhode Island. His classes focus on developing students’ historical thinking skills while inspiring them to consider issues of injustice and morality in the past and present. He values authentic inquiry, student-led learning and the art of discussion. Twitter: @jonathansgold.
Jill E. Thomas taught English at Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, a small public high school in Oakland, California, for nine years. In addition to teaching English, she had the opportunity to design and teach electives in outdoor education, mindfulness, world dance and food systems. She now works for the Oakland Unified School District coaching principals to provide meaningful, growth-oriented feedback to teachers. She holds a bachelor of arts in English and anthropology from Santa Clara University and a master of arts in education from the University of California at Berkeley.
A graduate of University of Michigan and Harvard Graduate School of Education, Debra Solomon Baker has been a middle school Language Arts educator for more than a decade. She has presented at national education conferences, most recently on the integration of technology in the English classroom. Baker blogs about her experiences as a teacher and as a parent at http://msbaker.edublogs.org/.
With 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, Lisa approaches projects with the accuracy of a journalist and the curiosity of a storyteller. Her work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, blogs, books and nonprofit publications. Her expertise includes education, parenting, social policy, youth violence, philanthropy and social activism. You can find Applegate on her website.
Nancy Erbe is an associate professor of negotiation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding at California State University Dominguez Hills and author of Holding These Truths: Empowerment and Recognition in Action: Interactive Case Study Curriculum for Multicultural Dispute Resolution
