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In this episode I'm talking to Allison Marqueti and Rebecca O'Dell, consultants for teachers. More on them both in just a second, but first I want to remind you in case you haven't signed up yet.

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In both public and independent schools, they've taught middle and high school students at all levels from inclusion to AP and I B classes.

And now they travel the country to work with other teachers and students to provide inspiration helping educators do the hard

and transformative work of teaching writing.

Allison and Rebecca believe in the power of choice, authenticity, and students' voices in the reading and

writing classroom. So let's get right into it. Here's Allison Rebecca,

consultants for educators, especially those who teach writing.

Okay, Allison, Rebecca, tell me a little bit about your work.

What is it that you guys do?

Well, we are middle school and high school English teachers and we are also writers and we write about what happens in our classrooms on a daily basis.

We are really interested in writing about writing

and writing about writing instruction.

And that has been the focus of two books

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