Susan Marcus & Susie Monday

Authors of New World Kids: The Parents' Guide to Creative Thinking

Susan Marcus and Susie Monday are among the five co-founders of The Learning About Learning Educational Foundation, a future-oriented R+D institution in Texas (1968-1985) doing applied research in creativity, media, individuality and play. They are long-time collaborators in translating the research of the Foundation into accessible media — designing programs, materials and exhibitions for teachers, parents, children and museums.

Susan is also mother of two and has co-authored Everychild’s Everyday (Doubleday) and When I Was Just Your Age (University of North Texas Press). She lives in Austin. Susie has also worked as a journalist, children’s museum designer and consultant. At present, she works primarily as a textile artist and teacher in her studio in the Texas Hill Country.

Responding to the imperatives of 21st century literacy, they have collaborated once again to create New World Kids: The Parents Guide to Creative Thinking.

Cynthia Herbert, PhD

Author of New World Kids at School: The Teachers' Guide to Creative Thinking

For over 35 years, Dr. Herbert has helped schools, arts, and cultural/historical/science organizations improve their educational programs for young people through professional development, curriculum development, evaluation and other services.

With a background in arts, education and developmental psychology, she is former Director of the Texas Alliance for Education and the Arts in Austin, at that time the Texas Member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network. Along with Susan Marcus and Susie Monday, she was a co-founder of Learning About Learning Educational Foundation (LAL) in San Antonio. In the 70's, she directed LAL's Laboratory School in San Antonio, chosen as a national model in learning through the arts. She has also written hundreds of study guides that bridge the arts and learning across the curriculum. As a specialist in Differentiated Instruction, today she provides educators with the strategies and support needed to help diverse children learn, create and thrive.