Patricia A. Edwards is a Distinguished Professor of Teacher Education and a Senior University Outreach Fellow at Michigan State University. She is also the recipient of the prestigious Michigan State University 1994 Teacher-Scholar Award and the 2001 Distinguished Faculty Award. She holds a Bachelors' of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Albany State University (Albany, GA); the Master of Science Degree in Elementary Education from North Carolina A & T University (Greensboro, NC); the Educational Specialist Degree in Reading Education from Duke University (Durham, NC); and the Doctor...