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A book such as this is the result of many people sharing with us their own ideas and discussing openly and in some detail their teaching practices to help us understand just what these essential academic moves are and how people teach them. We are particularly grateful to those teachers and colleagues who were willing to share and respond to our ideas from the earliest stages. These include Steve Mills, Di Yim, Melissa Murphy, and Morgan Hallabrin from Jim’s school, as well as Corey Brown and all the teachers with whom Jim worked in the Fremont Unified School District.

Special thanks to the many teachers at Hutchison School and elsewhere who contributed to this work, including, in particular, Jennifer Futrell, Ivy Phillips, Donna Budynas, John Reynolds, Becky Deehr, and Sue Gilmore. These teachers shared not only their own ideas, but also provided offered the examples of student work used throughout the book to illustrate the ideas in practice. In addition, we thank the host of current and former students who allowed us to showcase particular assignments and products here.

Collaborations always come with challenges unique to the work and those involved in doing it. Yet on this project, the usual obstacles of time, distance, and differences of opinion were never anything but opportunities for us to dig deeper into our own experiences and learning. Throughout our efforts to write the book, people at Corwin were remarkable in their insights and support. Lisa Luedeke, our editor, “got it” from the moment we discussed the idea for the book with her; her guidance from the beginning helped to improve the book and our own understanding of what we were creating, and we’re grateful for the help from Maura Sullivan, marketing manager; Julie Nemer, editorial development manager; Emeli Warren, editorial assistant; Melanie Birdsall, production editor; Rose Storey, cover designer; and Gail Buschman, interior designer.

As with any book we write, our deepest gratitude is always for our students, who remain our most important teachers when it comes to what is possible, and our families, who inevitably are called on to support us and make sacrifices of their own during the time we wrote this book.

Jim: As ever, my sincere gratitude to my wife Susan and daughter Nora for their patient support while I worked on the book. Most of all, however, this time around my deepest thanks must go to Barry Gilmore for agreeing to work with me on this project, and to Lisa Luedeke for bringing us together. I have long respected and admired Barry’s work, and after working with him on this book, that regard has only deepened and matured.

Barry: My first thanks are extended to Katy and Zoe, my daughters, who not only show remarkable patience while I write but are sometimes even forced to test out ideas as well. I am also deeply grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Jim, an educator whom I’ve considered a model of insight, thoughtfulness, and expertise for many years, and once again with Lisa, the best editor in this business.