Mara Sapon-Shevin is professor of inclusive education at Syracuse University. Her areas of interest include full inclusion, teaching for social justice, teacher education, and anti-oppressive education. Her recent books include Widening the Circle: The Power of Inclusive Classrooms, Because We Can Change the World: A Practical Guide to Building Cooperative, Inclusive Classroom Communities, and (with Nancy Schniedewind) Educational Courage: Resisting the Ambush of Public Education.