Makoto Yoshida is President and Founder of Global Education Resources (GER)--a company that provides consulting services to teachers and schools relating to lesson study and mathematics teaching and learning. GER works with schools and school districts across the United States assisting them in many capacities with lesson study activities. In addition, GER is collaborating with educational organizations, such as Research for Better Schools (Philadelphia, PA), TERC (Boston, MA), and Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (Portland, OR) to host conferences and workshops promoting lesson study...