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Laura Parker Roerden is a teacher, writer, and curriculum developer. As the director of publications for Educators for Social Responsibility, she has worked for several years developing materials that help teachers empower their students. She has consulted and written on many different topics including the use of the Internet in education. Laura holds a masters of education degree from Harvard University in teaching and curriculum. She has taught children grades 4 through 12 in settings as varied as traditional classrooms, the deck of ship, and on SCUBA 100 feet beneath the sea. Laura is the author of The Harbor Speaks, an environmental curriculum from Ocean Frontiers, a contributing author with William J. Kreidler of Early Childhood Adventures in Peacemaking, and editor of many education texts, including Conflict Resolution in the Middle School by William J. Kreidler, Linking Up by Sarah Pirtle, and Teaching Young Children in Violent Times by Diane E. Levin.