About the Authors

Murray Shukyn, BA, is a graduate of the University of Toronto with professional qualifications as a teacher at the elementary and secondary levels, including special education. He has taught at the elementary, secondary, and university levels and developed training programs for adult learners in the coffee and foodservice industries. During his extensive career, spanning more than 30 years, Murray has taught professional development programs for educators and is acknowledged as a Canadian leader in the field of alternative education. He was instrumental in the creation of such innovative programs for the Toronto Board of Education as SEED, Learnxs, Subway Academy, SOLE, and ACE. In 1995, Murray became Associate Director of the Training Renewal Foundation, which introduced the GED in the province of Ontario. As a consultant to government, media, and public relations companies, he has coauthored numerous textbooks and magazine and periodical articles with Achim Krull and coauthored several books to prepare adults to take the GED test with both Achim Krull and Dale Shuttleworth.

Jane R. Burstein taught high school English for 36 years, has been an adjunct in the Hofstra University School of Education for 11 years, a reader for the AP Language and Composition test, a technical editor, and an SAT and ACT tutor for 30 years. She is the coauthor of the SAT Cram Plan, the ACT Cram Plan, the ASVAB Cram Plan, the GMAT Cram Plan, the GRE Cram Plan, The Officer’s Candidate Test For Dummies, and the author of Guide to the edTPA™ (all published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.).

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

Executive Editor: Lindsay Lefevere

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