DANIEL T. WILLINGHAM, PD, is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His bestselling first book, Why Don't Students Like School?, was hailed as brilliant analysis by The Wall Street Journal and a triumph by The Washington Post, recommended by scores of education-related magazines and blogs, and translated into many languages. His second book, When ... Read moreCan You Trust the Experts? How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education, was named recommended reading by Nature and Scientific American, and made Choice's list of outstanding academic titles for 2013. His companion to this book, Raising Kids Who Read, garnered recognition from NPR and Learning & the Brain. Willingham writes a regular column called Ask the Cognitive Scientist for the American Federation of Teachers' magazine, American Educator. In 2017, Willingham was named by President Obama to the National Board for Education Sciences. He received a BA from Duke University and a PhD from Harvard University. Show Less