Todd Finley, PhD, is a tenured professor of English Education at East Carolina University and a staff writer and assistant editor for Edutopia. He has taught elementary and 7-12th grade English, co-developed the Tar River Writing Project, and was selected as one of the Top 12 Global Teacher Bloggers of 2014 and again in 2016 by Cathy Rubin for the Huffington Post. Dr. Finley’s books include Dinkytown Braves and Rethinking Classroom Design—the latter co-written with Blake Wiggs. His education blog and free weekly education newsletter are available at www.todd-finley.com. Twitter: @finleyt