Alexis Ludewig, Wisconsin's 2002 Teacher of the Year, has been an elementary school teacher for more than thirty years. She advises several education councils and has reviewed and edited many educational books. Amy Swan, Ph.D., has nearly twenty years of experience as a teacher, school psychologist, supervisor, and counselor for public and private schools in the United States and the Caribbean. She has taught students at every grade level, from preschool to college.