Teachers College Reading & Writing Project

Working alongside New York City's teachers, principals, students and parents for over twenty-five years.

Lucy Calkins is Founding Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and of the Reading and Writing Project LLC, as well as the Robinson Professor in Children's Literature at Teachers College where she co-directs the Literacy Specialist program. She is the author of many books on the teaching of reading and writing, including her trademark sets of Units of Study books supporting K-2 and 3-5 writing and 3-5 reading. Her foundational texts also include The Art of Teaching Reading and The Art of Teaching Writing. Her other publications include One-to-One: The Art of Conferring with Young Writers, A Principal's Guide to Leadership in the Teaching of Writing (co-authored with Laurie Pessah) and Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent’s Guide. She is also the series editor of the Workshop Help Desk. This year, Lucy is leading a specialty course on developing performance assessment tools aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Lucy is the mother of two sons, Miles and Evan Skorpen. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, John Skorpen, and their dogs, Tucker, Emma and Milo.