Terry Roberts is the Executive Director of the National Paideia Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is a former high school English teacher who, with his colleagues at the Center, works on a daily basis to improve instruction in schools across the United States. Terry Roberts is the lead author of The Power of Paideia Schools: Defining Lives Through Learning, published by ASCD., Laura Billings is the Assistant Director for Curriculum and Instruction at the National Paideia Center. She is a former secondary school teacher who develops materials for Paideia instruction.