Author Description

About the Author Erick Gordon teaches at the New York City Lab School.Greg Hamilton is an Assistant Professor in English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. With a background in middle school teaching, he continues to teach at Center School in New York City.Juliette LaMontagne is an instructor in the English Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She taught for several years in New York City schools and continues to work with adolescent girls at Art and Design.Bill Lundgren teaches at the New York City Lab School.Ruth Vinz is a professor and the Enid and Lester Morse Chair in English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Before becoming a teacher educator, she taught in secondary schools for more than twenty years. Vinz is the author of several Boynton/Cook titles, including Learning the Landscape: Inquiry-Based Activities for Comprehending and Composing, Recasting the Text: Inquiry-Based Activities for Comprehending and Composing (both coauthored with Fran Claggett and Louann Reid, 1996), Inside Out: Developmental Strategies for Teaching Writing, Second Edition (coauthored with Dan Kirby and Tom Liner, 1988), and Composing a Teaching Life, 1996.