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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
LaJoi Royston
LaJoi is a driven and dedicated Golden Apple Teaching Scholar from Chicago. She’s a graduate from DePaul University’s School of Education where she received her Master’s in Curriculum Studies and Harvard’s Graduate School of Education where she received her Master’s in Human Development and Psychology. Her work includes curriculum development for World Teach‘s African program and the Illinois Math and Science Academy‘s intensive summer camps. Currently, LaJoi teaches algebra within a large charter network and works as a free-lance consultant where she presents workshops to pre-service teachers on reflective practices. She’s a contributing author for the books How Would You Handle It?: Questions for Teachers to Ask Themselves and How We Handle It: Hundreds of Answers from Classroom Teachers. LaJoi is passionate about increasing the research dialogue among educators, helping teachers have long, fulfilling careers and using research to impact students’ lives.
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