
Barbara Blackburn
"Rigor is NOT a four-letter word. It's about taking students from where they are to a new place of understanding."
Ranked number 4 in the Top 30 Global Gurus in Education, Barbara has dedicated her life to raising the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike.
What differentiates Barbara’s books are her easily executable concrete examples based on decades of experience as a teacher, professor, and consultant.
Barbara has taught early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students and has served as an educational consultant for three publishing companies. She holds a master’s degree in school administration and is certified as both a teacher and a school principal in North Carolina.
In 2006, she received the award for Outstanding Junior Professor at Winthrop University.









