Jennifer F. Samson is an assistant professor in the graduate program in learning disabilities at Hunter College, City University of New York.

Jacy Ippolito is an associate professor in the School of Education at Salem State University, Salem, Massachusetts. Jacy's research and teachingfocus on the intersection of adolescent and disciplinary literacy, literacy coaching, teacher leadership, and school reform. Jacy is specifically interested in the roles that teacher leaders, principals, andliteracy coaches play in helping institute and maintain instructional change at middle and high school levels. Jacy continues to conduct research on adolescent and disciplinary literacy, literacy coaching, teacher leadership, and school reform while also consulting in K-12 schools. Results of Jacy's research and consulting work can be found in a number of books and journals.

Jennifer L. Steele is a policy researcher at the RAND Coporation in Washington, DC, where she studies teacher quality, education reform, and data-based decision making in schools.