Dr. Mike Schmoker

has worked on school and district improvement, assessment, curriculum and staff development as a central office administrator in two school districts in Arizona, as a senior consultant at McREL (Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory) in Denver, Colorado and now as an independent speaker and consultant. He is a former middle and high school English teacher and football coach.

He has written four books and numerous articles, which have appeared in Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan , Education Week and TIME magazine.

He has just published another book:  RESULTS NOW: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching and Learning

Mike Schmoker argues convincingly that if student achievement is to improve, especially in the higher-order proficiencies, instruction will necessarily have to change and improve simultaneously.  He sets out a clear but simple agenda to achieve such a transformation in American schools.  This book should be required reading for everyone in educational leadership and anyone concerned about the quality of teaching and learning.

Richard Allington

In Results Now, Mike Schmoker presents a provocative critique of "business as usual" in American education.  His candid assessment of conventional practice and his persuasive arguments for specific reforms demand the consideration of all those interested in creating schools in which all students achieve at high levels.

Richard DuFour

Results Now lays down the most important challenge of the decade not only for educators but for every citizen.  Will we choose to enter an "era of unprecedented effectiveness" or will we succumb to the siren song of secure sameness?  We know how to make dramatic improvements in educational achievement and equity.  The only question is whether we have the political and personal courage to do it.  Combining compelling case studies and overwhelming national evidence, Mike Schmoker's words will startle and provoke every educator, leader, staff developer, parent and policymaker.  All of us share responsibility for where we are today, and each of us must take to heart Schmoker's admonitions and his encouraging vision of the future.

Douglas Reeves    

As well as his other books: The Results Fieldbook: Practical Strategies from Dramatically-Improved Schools (ASCD August 2001). His previous book, Results: the key to Continuous School Improvement is an ASCD bestseller.

He is the subject of 2 video series by ASCD and the Video Journal of Education.

In the last five years, he has trained and consulted in hundreds of schools and districts throughout the United States and Canada.

He was a featured speaker at the Harvard Principal's Institute.

He now lives in Flagstaff, Arizona with his wife and two daughters.