Cara Furman

Cara E. Furman, PhD, is an associate professor of early childhood at Hunter College and former urban public elementary school teacher. She is author of Teaching from an Ethical Center: Practical Wisdom for Daily Instruction and co-author, with Cecelia Traugh, of Descriptive Inquiry in Teacher Practice: Cultivating Practical Wisdom to Create Democratic Schools. She writes about teacher-decision making, ethics, Descriptive Inquiry, inquiry, asset-based inclusive teaching, and progressive literacy practices. She can be reached at cara.furman@hunter.cuny.edu.