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.