“Laura is a ‘teacher’s consultant,’ sharing real experiences—including trials that confront teachers every day. She demonstrates authentic strategies that she has used directly with students in classroom settings almost daily throughout her years of consulting. Laura knows what works with struggling readers and writers because of her commitment to ‘always remain a teacher.’”
—Sarah Armstrong, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent
Staunton City Schools,
Staunton, Virginia
Laura Robb visited a group of middle school teachers in our county, all of whom showed up with well-worn copies of Teaching Reading in Middle School with post-it notes sticking out everywhere. The day was inspiring! Laura gave the teachers in the room a whole new approach to take back to their classrooms. At the end of the day, the teachers went away feeling empowered to improve the reading comprehension of all their students. Laura is truly a master teacher with a passion for teaching that's contagious."
—Wanda Killips
Achievement Initiatives, Literacy Coordinator
Washtenaw Intermediate School District
Ann Arbor, Michigan
“Laura Robb’s work with the literacy coaches in the Newark Public Schools has led to significant changes in practice in our classrooms. She realizes that literacy learning takes place in the classrooms of real teachers with real kids, and her professional texts resonate with the most effective strategies for teaching reading in the middle grades. Laura Robb’s numerous literacy texts have become the core of the professional libraries in our schools, and we intend to use Teaching Reading: A Complete Resource for Grades 4 and Up as the basis for our staff development efforts in the coming year.”
—Theresa Mikajlo,
Director of Literacy
Newark Public Schools
Newark, NJ
“Laura Robb brings to all her work the insights of the master teacher, one who has spent forty-three years in the classroom studying what works and why. Her great gift is that she shares this instructional wisdom with the rest of us through her books, each one written to help teachers improve their ability to help their students do the same.”
—Jim Burke,
Author of The Reader's Handbook, 50 Essential Lessons:
Tools and Techniques for English Language Arts, and Academic Workout
“When I met Laura Robb four years ago I was impressed by her genuine student-centered attitude and the magnitude of her knowledge base. I knew that her research and writings would provide the foundation for the K-12 strategic reading initiative in my district. Laura has been both a mentor and inspiration to my team in the design and implementation of a well-grounded literacy plan and ongoing professional development. Countless educators have read and reflected upon Laura’s professional texts, such as Teaching Reading in Middle School, Teaching Reading in Social Studies, Science, and Math, and Nonfiction Writing From the Inside Out, and filled their Teachers as Learners Journals with introspective thoughts about sound teaching practices found in the pages of her works. As we continue on our journey, we credit Laura for her wisdom and guidance in fostering positive changes in teaching that have resulted in measurable improvement in student achievement in language arts. She is truly an outstanding educator in the field of literacy who breathes life into the teaching of reading and writing.
—Carol Varsalona,
Director Of Language Arts and Testing
West Babylon UFSD
We are delighted to share noted educators' insights with you on Laura Robb’s Nonfiction Writing From The Inside Out.
"What a thoughtful, provocative approach Laura Robb has taken in writing this book. I admire the careful weaving together of authors’ voices and insights, student work samples, citations from great creative nonfiction texts, and the language of her own teaching. Readers will appreciate the specificity with which she writes about the lessons she teaches — lessons that help her students become competent, passionate writers of creative nonfiction.”
—Katie Wood Ray,
author of Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom
"Good books and good guidance from a skilled and wise teacher can and will create good writers and good learners … In these pages, Laura shows us the way.”
—Michael O. Tunnell,
from the Foreword