Kathleen Cushman

reporter, writer

Kathleen Cushman is a writer who has specialized in education and school reform for almost two decades. Her work has appeared in the *Harvard Education Letter*, *Educational Leadership*, *Phi Delta Kappan*, the *Atlantic Monthly*, the *New Yorker*, and many other national magazines. Cushman has been writer and editor of two school reform journals, *Horace* and *Challenge Journal*. She is the author or co-author of ten books, including *First in the Family* (Next Generation Press, 2005, 2006), *Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students* (New Press, 2003), *Schooling for the Real World with Adria Steinberg and Rob Riordan* (Jossey-Bass, 2000) and *The Real Boys Workbook*, with William S. Pollack (Random House, 2001).