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John Norton
Education writer, Founder & co-editor of MiddleWeb.com
I've been writing about and sharing resources on teaching and learning for 30 years. I agree with education visionary Mike Rose that public schools are "bountiful, crowded, messy, contradictory, exuberant, tragic, frustrating, and remarkable." My specialities are the middle grades (4-8), teacher leadership, and connected learning.