Suzie Boss is a journalist from Portland, Ore., who writes about education and social change. She contributes regularly to Edutopia and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Her most recent book is Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age (International Society for Technology in Education, 2008), which showcases teachers around the world who push the boundaries of the traditional classroom. Working with nonprofits, she has helped to develop programs that teach teens and adults how to improve their own communities with innovative, sustainable solutions. She’s also on the National Faculty of the Buck Institute for Education, which works with educators around the world to improve teaching and learning. Contact Suzie at suzieboss[at]gmail[dot]com