Marcia Kalb Knoll, Ed.D, currently an Assistant Professor of Education at Hunter College s School of Education in NY, Dr. Knoll is a former teacher, elementary principal and district director of instruction and curriculum in the New York City Public Schools and assistant superintendent of the Hewlitt-Woodmere Public Schools on Long Island. She is also a past president of the national ASCD (Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development) and the author of two previous Prentice Hall books for school administrators.