Raised and educated in the Midwest, Mary Lou
Folts moved to Maine
for her first teaching job in 1970.
Since that time she has taught English/language arts, grades 8 through
12, for nineteen years in Maine, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania
and worked as an administrator. Mary Lou
became the language arts supervisor for a suburban Philadelphia
school district in 1990 and in 1993 received her Ph.D. in Organizational
Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction from the University
of Pennsylvania's Graduate School
of Education. She was named curriculum
director of a 6000-student Pennsylvania
school district in 1999. She recently
retired after 35 years in public education and lives in coastal Georgia. Mary Lou's major professional interests
include curriculum development, lesson design and teacher learning. She has worked with state and local agencies,
elected officials and parent groups to help them understand the complexities of
No Child Left Behind and the impact of the law on students and schools.
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