ABSTRACT
Rick Ayers is in advanced studies in the Language, Literacy, and Culture program of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education and is Adjunct Professor at University of San Francisco. He taught at Berkeley High School from 1995 to 2006. He was co-founder of the Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) small school in 1997 and was lead teacher until 2006. He is co-author (with Amy Crawford) of Great Books for High School Kids: A Teacher’s Guide to Books Th at Can Change Teens’ Lives and co-creator (with students) of the Berkeley High Slang Dictionary. He is a regular blogger for Th e Huffi ngton Post.
