Nancy Atwell.

[LWolf]

She won a million-dollar international teaching prize. I have some of her work on the shelf next to the desk in my classroom. I don't use it much, because the format doesn't fit current instructional mandates. When I DID, though, in years past, I found it worthy. Some of what she talks about still happens in my classroom, but it happens under the table, so to speak. Here she is, advising young people not to go into teaching at this time. This saddens me, but I cannot say that I disagree.

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2015/03/award-winner-nancie-atwell-advises-against-going-into-teaching.html