Robert W. Cole, proprietor of Edu-Data, is a writer, editor, and consultant in Louisville, Kentucky. His credentials include 14 years at Phi Delta Kappan magazine, seven of them as Editor-in-Chief; 10 years as President of the Educational Press Association of America and member of the EdPress Board of Directors; four years as Founding Vice President of the Schlechty Center for Leadership in School Reform; 11 years as Senior Consultant to the National Reading Styles Institute; Creative Director of the Power Reading Program; and Editor of The Lens, published online by the Center for Empowered Leadership. He has presented workshops, master classes, and lectures at universities nationwide, including Harvard University, Stanford University, and Indiana University. He has also served as a special consultant to college and university deans in working with faculties on writing for professional publication. Phone: 502-767-7220. E-mail: cole@edu-data.org.
JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall is Professor of Education, with a focus on ESOL/bilingual education, and Director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Language, Literacy, and Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is the author or editor of several books and articles focused on curriculum and instruction for English language learners, including Content-Based Instruction in Elementary and Secondary Settings and Content-Based Instruction in Higher Education Settings, both published by TESOL. For five years, Crandall directed Project WE TEACH to improve the academic achievement and postsecondary options of immigrant secondary school students. She may be contacted at UMBC, Education Department, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. Phone: 410-455-2313. E-mail: Crandall@umbc.edu.
Beatriz S. D'Ambrosio is Professor of Mathematics Education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Her research interests lie in bridging the gap between research and practice in mathematics education. With the intent of empowering teachers, she has focused on building preservice and inservice experiences that develop the teacher researcher. Her goal in working with teachers is to help them attend to the mathematics of children, hence empowering the children as young mathematicians. Phone: 513-529-2546. E-mail: dambrobs@muohio.edu.
Sally Hampton is a Senior Fellow for the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE). Most recently, she was a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Formerly, she served as Director of English Language Arts for NCEE, as well as Deputy Director of Research and Development. She has taught in both urban and rural classrooms, directed a National Writing Project site, and developed a K–12 research-based writing program and the staff-development materials to support this program. E-mail: shampton@ncee.org.
Ann Jaramillo is an English language development teacher at La Paz Middle School in Salinas, California. While at California Tomorrow, she was Senior Project Associate in the program on immigrant education, helping to create immigrant-responsive secondary schools. Jaramillo also conducts professional development on sheltered content instruction and English language development strategies throughout California. Jaramillo may be contacted at California Tomorrow, 436 14th St., Suite 820, Oakland, CA 94612. Phone: 510-496-0220. E-mail: annj@californiatomorrow.org.
Signe E. Kastberg is Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis. Her research interests lie in understanding the development and application of knowledge in mathematics teacher practice. She has focused on exploring and articulating the creative mathematical and pedagogical acts of students and teachers. Phone: 317-274-6829. E-mail: skastber@iupui.edu.
Laurie Olsen is Executive Director of California Tomorrow, a nonprofit research and technical assistance organization in Oakland, California. She has developed a national reputation as a researcher, speaker, and consultant to schools on issues of equity and achievement in public schools. She is the author of several publications on immigrant education, including Made in America: Immigrant Students in Public Schools (The New Press, 1997). For five years, she directed a successful demonstration project in restructuring secondary schools to respond to the needs of immigrant students. She is lead partner in the PROMISE Initiative—a six-county collaborative to develop model schools preschool through high school that lead to high-achieving English learners—and works with leadership teams from secondary schools on strengthening English learner programs throughout California. She may be contacted at California Tomorrow, 1904 Franklin St., Suite 300, Oakland, CA 94612. Phone: 510-496-0220. E-mail: laurieo@californiatomorrow.org.
Joy Kreeft Peyton is Vice President of the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, D.C. She served as Associate Director of the Program in Immigrant Education, which focused on developing excellent secondary school programs for immigrant students. She is coeditor of the series Topics in Immigrant Education and has authored, coauthored, and edited several publications on educational approaches for immigrant students. She may be contacted at Center for Applied Linguistics, 4646 40th St. NW, Washington, DC 20016-1859. Phone: 202-362-0700, ext. 545. E-mail:
jpeyton@cal.org. Web site: www.cal.org.
Marietta Saravia-Shore is Associate Professor, Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY). She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology and Education from Columbia University. She is coeditor of Cross-Cultural Literacy: Ethnographies of Communication in Multiethnic Classrooms (Garland). She previously directed the Bilingual Education Applied Research Unit at Hunter College (CUNY) and was Associate Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) for Professional Development and Educational Programs at Teachers College, Columbia University. She founded and directed the IUME Cross-Cultural Literacy Center prior to coming to Lehman College, where she served as Executive Director of the Bronx Educational Alliance for seven years.
Charles Watson has been a classroom science teacher, an administrator, and a teacher educator. He has published several articles and books about science education and middle-level education and is the Chair of the School of Education at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana. Phone: 812-488-2004. E-mail: cw73@evansvill.edu.
Sarah Young is an ESL Specialist at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, DC. Her current focus is on adolescent and adult English language learner instruction, language assessment, and teacher training. She has taught high school ESL overseas and adult ESL in the United States. She may be contacted at the Center for Applied Linguistics, 4646 40th St. NW, Washington, DC 20016-1859. Phone: 202-362-0700, ext. 529. E-mail: syoung@cal.org. Web site: www.cal.org.