Barbara Blackburn Author

Barbara Blackburn is ranked in the Top 10 Global Gurus in Education. What differentiates her approximately 40 books are her easily executable concrete examples based on decades of experience as a teacher, professor, and consultant. Barbara presents workshops for educators on topics such as productive struggle, high expectations, scaffolding for support, instructional strategies, and leadership.

Ronald Williamson is a professor emeritus of educational leadership at Eastern Michigan University. Ron has worked with schools across the country, including several large urban districts, as a leadership coach funded by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and the Galef Institute of Los Angeles, with suburban districts on a variety of school reform issues and with rural Oregon districts on issues of college access for underrepresented groups.