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Susan Wise Bauer

Susan Wise Bauer is an educator, historian, and academic who has worked with parents and students for more than twenty years. Her previous best-selling titles for Norton include “The Well-Trained Mind,” “The Well-Educated Mind,” “The Story of Western Science” and the History of the World series. She is the author of the forthcoming book “Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Education.”