Reaching Out

Diane W. Kyle: Diane W. Kyle is a professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Louisville. She codirected with Ellen McIntyre a research project, “Children’s Academic Development in Nongraded Primary Programs,” funded by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She lives in Louisville, KY.Ellen McIntyre: Ellen McIntyre is a literacy professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Louisville, where she teaches courses on lit­eracy research and instruction and studies children’s development in light of instructional contexts. She also codirected with Diane Kyle a research project, “Children’s Academic Development in Nongraded Primary Programs,” funded by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She lives in Louisville, KY.Karen B. Miller: Karen B. Miller has taught elementary school for more than twenty years in grades 1–4. She currently teaches at Roby Elementary in Bullitt County, Kentucky. She lives in Shepherdsville, KY.Gayle H. Moore: Gayle H. Moore recently retired after teaching elementary school for thirty-one years at grades K–8, including nine years in the nongraded primary program at LaGrange Elementary in Oldham County, Kentucky. She lives in La Grange, KY.