Dr Keith W. Frome has served as a head of school, teacher and thought leader in education for four decades. He is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and Columbia University Teachers College. He co-founded the national college access organisation College Summit with which President Obama shared his Nobel Prize in 2009. Dr Frome co-edited The Columbia Book of Civil War Poetry. His book What Not to Expect: A Meditation on the Spirituality of Parenting won the 2006 Catholic Press Association award for the best book on family life. His other books include Hitch Your Wagon to a Star and Other Quotations from Ralph Waldo Emerson and How's My Kid Doing? Practical Answers to Questions Every Parent Asks About Their Kid's Education.

