He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. from Columbia University. He traveled to England on a Marshall Scholarship to study history at King's College, Cambridge. His dissertation addressed American attempts to develop the Third World after WWII. His article, "The Fact/Narrative Distinction and Student Examinations in History," appeared in The History Teacher. Jonathan Burack earned his B.A. in history and economics from Harvard, a M.A.T. from the Harvard School of Education, and did graduate work in the history of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He taught high school history for several years. Since 1995, he has been the author of MindSparks, a curriculum series that teaches students to interpret primary sources, write DBQ essays, develop debating skills, and master strategies that foster sound habits of historical thought. Upcoming events