Academic Moves for College and Career Readiness, Grades 6-12: 15 Must-Have Skills Every Student Needs to Achieve

About Barry GilmoreJim Burke

A longtime English teacher Jim Burke is the author of more than 20 books and senior consultant for the Holt McDougal Literature program. Jim has received several awards including the 2000 NCTE Exemplary English Leadership Award. In 2009 he created the English Companion Ningthe largest online community of English teachers in the world. More recently Jim has served on the AP English Course and Exam Review Commission and the PARCC Consortium. Barry Gilmore was the Middle School Head and later the Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning at Hutchison School in Memphis Tennessee.  A National Board Certified Teacher he taught English and social studies for nearly twenty years.  Barry is the author of seven education books and the former president of the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English.  Awards for his teaching have come from NCTE TCTE the U.S. Department of Education and the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. He passed away in 2019 at the age of 50 and is dearly missed by his students family friends and fellow faculty.