My teaching life started in 1988 in a high-school English classroom; I’ve been working in schools ever since. 

For 15 years I taught English at Loomis Chaffee, where I also served as Dean of Faculty. I’ve taught at Concord Academy and the Phillips Exeter Summer School.

I started Translate the Brain in 2012, after earning an M. Ed. in Harvard’s Mind Brain Education program. Since then, I’ve traveled the country — and the globe — to help make learning easier and teaching more effective.

I talk with teachers, students, parents — as well as administrators, trustees, and alumni. I work regularly with K-12 schools, and have presented at numerous national and international conferences.

Rowman & Littlefield have published my first two books:

• Learning Begins: The Science of Working Memory and Attention for the Classroom Teacher.

• Learning Grows: The Science of Motivation for the Classroom Teacher.

John Catt published my third book:

• The Goldilocks Map: A Classroom Teacher’s Quest to Evaluate "‘Brain-Based” Teaching Advice

Since 2017, I have edited the Learning and the Brain blog. 

Education:

• M. Ed. in Mind Brain Education from Harvard University Graduate School of Education. (2012) This program, founded by Kurt Fischer, is the oldest MBE program in the country.
  

• M.A. in English Language and Literature from Boston University. (1997)
  

• A.B. from Harvard College in Medieval History and Literature. (1988)
  

• See my resume.