Rick Ayers

William Ayers is an author, activist, and educator whose previous books include To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher and Teaching Toward Freedom: Moral Commitment and Ethical Action in the Classroom . Crystal Laura is an educator and the author of Being Bad: My Baby Brother and the School-to-Prison Pipeline . Rick Ayers is an educator and the author of An Empty Seat in Class: Teaching and Learning After the Death of a Student , and, with William Ayers, Teaching the Taboo: Courage and Imagination in the Classroom .