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Dr. Prather-Smith is a seasoned educator with over 20 years of experience in public education. She currently serves as the Director of Engagement and School Climate, where she focuses on implementing restorative practices to foster positive relationships and resolve conflicts within schools. Prior to her current position, Dr. Prather-Smith was the Senior Director of Migrant Education at the County Office of Education, where she advocated for migrant students and their families.

Edward (Ted) Britton is associate director of the National Center for Improving Science Education (NCISE), housed within the Mathematics, Science, and Technology program of WestEd. Dr. Britton brings long experience in research and evaluation of curriculum issues and materials to this book. In collaboration with Senta Raizen and others, he developed methods for a cross-national comparison of textbooks in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

Motivational speaker, award-winning teacher, and middle school principal Anita Moultrie Turner offers a background that includes classroom experience in the Los Angeles Public Schools; degrees in curriculum and instruction, human/child development, and special education for the deaf and hard of hearing; administrative and secondary teaching credentials; and staff development/teacher trainer experience.

Lawrence J. Greene, a graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, is a nationally recognized author, educational therapist, consultant, and curriculum developer who has worked with more than ten thousand strug­gling students during a clinical career spanning thirty years. He has written eighteen books, and he has trained thousands of teachers in graduate programs at the university level.

Steven R. Benson is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he teaches a variety of mathematics content courses for traditional undergraduate students and in-service mathematics teachers. Before joining the Lesley faculty, Dr.

Katherine Perez, a professor of education at Saint Mary’s College of California, has over three decades of teaching experience from the preschool level through graduate school. A frequent presenter and enthusiastic “teacher cheerleader,” she offers guidance to both novice and experienced educators.