About the Author

Ben Johnson became a teacher in 1986. His experiences teaching Spanish serve as a foundation for his beliefs that effective language and engagement are the key to effective student learning. His unique perspective on education (having experienced nearly every grade and subject as a teacher) provide a laser focus to his writing and teachings. He loves learning and teaching and strongly feels that excellent teaching is within every teacher's grasp. When he wrote the first edition of Teaching Students to Dig Deeper, his editor called him the "Malcolm Gladwell of Education". I has been on all three sides of the education fence- teacher, administrator, and consultant/service provider. He started writing for George Lucas' Edutopia.org in 1998 when he was the assistant superintendent of a small school district. College and Career Readiness was a recurring theme in in his writings, and more importantly in his central core beliefs. Teaching Students to Dig Deeper is now in its second edition, which is new and improved. Dr. Johnson is working on publishing other books to help students and teachers, but also enjoys writing fictional stories for juveniles.