Authors

Ann Klotz is a reader, writer, mother, and teacher who lives in Shaker Heights, OH, where she is the Head of Laurel School, an all girls’ school, K-12 with a coed pre-primary.

Ari Pinkus is a storyteller, editor, and organizer. She is senior editor/writer and project manager at the American Communities Project based at The George Washington University.

Bee Stribling has spent more than a decade working in K-8 independent schools as a teacher and administrator. He is finishing his Ed.M in Private School Leadership at the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. He’s on Twitter @wmstribling

David Cutler teaches history, journalism, and government at Brimmer and May, an independent PK-12 school in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Follow him on Twitter at @SpinEdu.

Jessica Flaxman has served as an English teacher, department chair, director of studies, admission counselor and assistant head at a number of independent schools. Jessica is an education writer and founding partner of 120 Education Consultancy.

Lauren Calig is the Director of Multicultural Curriculum at Laurel School.

Lauren Huddleston is a doctoral candidate at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College and a middle school English teacher at Hutchison School in Memphis. You can follow her on Twitter at @L_Huddleston.

Michael Brosnan is an independent writer and editor with a particular interest in education and social change. His latest book of poetry, “The Sovereignty of the Accidental,” was published by Harbor Mountain Press.

Nancy Mugele is the Head of Kent School in Chestertown, MD. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Independent Maryland and DC Schools. You can follow her on Twitter @nancymugele.

Sarah Cooper is an advisor, teaches 8th grade U.S. History, and is Dean of Studies at Flintridge Preparatory School in La Canada, California.

Stephen J. Valentine is an administrator and teacher at Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair, New Jersey. Over the past decade, he has authored a book for teachers called Everything but Teaching, co-authored a book for school leaders called Blending Leadership, and co-authored a teaching book for businesspeople (and teachers) called Make Yourself Clear. He writes and posts regularly at www.refreshingwednesday.com.

Wendy Lichtman is the Math Intervention Specialist at MetWest High School in Oakland, California. She’s also a writer and has published both personal essays and young adult fiction. Her most recent book is Secrets, Lies and Algebra.