Crystal Laura

Crystal Laura is an educator, professor, and author based in Chicago. She served as an assistant professor of education at Chicago State University and co-directed the university’s Center of Urban Research and Education, where she provided training for Chicago Public Schools teachers. Her work focuses on urban education, educational leadership, and the school-to-prison pipeline.

Laura is the author of Being Bad: My Baby Brother and the School-to-Prison Pipeline and co-author, with William Ayers and Rick Ayers, of You Can’t Fire the Bad Ones! And 18 Other Myths About Teachers, Teachers’ Unions, and Public Education.