The Walloon Institute is one of the nation's premier residential institutes for educators, now in its13th year. Each summer, Walloon brings together about 400 educators from around the country to study "best practice" teaching methods and school change strategies with leading authors, experts, and consultants. This year's program will be held July 7-11 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.    

A number of individuals work on this site, including those who answer your questions about classroom management of book clubs. Toni Murff, Marianne Flanagan, Lynnette Emmons, Linda Bailey, and Barbara Morris are master teachers on leave from their regular positions to work full-time as classroom consultants at the Center for City Schools at National-Louis University in Chicago. Every day they help colleagues across the city to implement lit circles and other progressive practices in their classrooms. Melisa Woodbury and Sara Nordlund teach in the beautiful small town of Hart, Michigan. Mercurial Web Design is a small student-run service, helping progressive educators get connected.