Authors
Lucy Calkins
Lucy Calkins is the Founding Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, where she has developed a learning community of teacher educators whose brilliance and dedication shine through in the Units of Study books—which are quickly becoming an essential part of classroom life in tens of thousands of schools around the world. Lucy is the Robinson Professor of Children's Literature at Teachers College, Columbia University where she co-directs the Literacy Specialist Program.
She is the author or coauthor of several score of books, including Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement—a New York Times education bestseller—The Art of Teaching Writing, The Art of Teaching Reading, Writing Pathways: Performance Assessments and Learning Progressions, One to One: The Art of Conferring with Young Writers, and A Principals Guide to Leadership in the Teaching of Writing.
