Author: Gayle A. Curtis

Cheryl J. Craig is Professor and the Houston Endowment Endowed Chair of Urban Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture at Texas A&M University, USA. Gayle A. Curtis has worked primarily in the Greater Houston Area, USA in urban schools serving mostly students of color with low-socioeconomic backgrounds.  Michaelann Kelley is Assistant Professor at Mount St. Joseph University, USA, and former Director of Visual Arts and teacher in Aldine Independent School District, USA.   P. Tim Martindell teaches high school English language arts at The Village School and undergraduate/graduate literacy courses at the University of Houston-Downtown, USA.  M. Michael Pérez is a middle school science teacher in the Houston Independent School District, USA, who has taught at two different urban schools for 25 years.