School Wise Press is fortunate to be able to consult with these skilled advisors.
Bebo White
Bebo White is a retired computational physicist, and is currently Departmental Associate (Emeritus) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the U.S. national laboratory for high-energy physics and basic energy science at Stanford University. In his career at SLAC, he led the early use of the World Wide Web for scientific collaboration. In addition to his work at SLAC, Prof. White also holds faculty appointments at several other institutions, and advisory positions on a variety of academic, government, and commercial committees. He frequently lectures and speaks internationally to academic and commercial audiences. Prof. White is the author or co-author of nine books, and over 100 papers and journal articles.
Peder Jones
Mr. Jones was the founder, president and managing editor of a textbook editorial development firm, Straightline Editorial, from 1984 to 2008. He led his team to create and develop more than 800 student textbooks, teacher’s guides, ancillaries, software packages. The knowledge he has gained in the course of building instructional materials for all grade levels and subjects has made him a valuable consultant to nonprofit groups, publishers, special education groups and game centered software firms. He has been advising us about professional development and the curriculum on technical analysis.
Richard L. Rees
As a social scientist and psychologist advising our K12 Measures Project, Dr. Rees guides the methods of our analytic engagements. Before retiring in 2013, for three years Dr. Rees had been Senior Director of Social Sciences at CENTRA Technology in Virginia. In the 30 years prior, he worked at the Central Intelligence Agency in a variety of roles, including deputy director of personnel security at Langley headquarters. He served in the Senior Intelligence Service for two-thirds of his CIA tenure, as a senior manager, analyst or expert.
Robert Gabriner
Dr. Robert Gabriner is the recently retired Director of the SF State University Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership for Community Colleges and Schools. He is also the chair of the Leadership Initiative of the Research and Planning Group, where he serves as co-director of the Leading from the Middle program. Prior to coming to SF State, Dr. Gabriner was the Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement and Dean of Research, Planning and Grants, at City College of San Francisco. He is also co-author, with Dr. Norton Grubb, of Basic Skills Education in Community Colleges (Routledge, 2012).
