Stu Ervay is a retired university professor and consultant to public schools. Prior to his work in higher education, he served as a unit commander in the United States Army, and taught history and government in secondary schools. During his forty-three years of university service, Stu wrote professional books including The Curriculum Leader and Common Sense About the Common Core. His articles have been published by many educational journals, including The Oxford Round Table Review, NASSP Bulletin, Malaysian Journal of Education, The Rural Educator, Educational Considerations, The Teacher Educator, Occasional Report, American Middle School Education, Journal of the Kansas Council for the Social Studies, Focus, Kansas School Board Journal, The Teacher Educator, The Educational Forum, Phi Delta Kappan, Action In Teacher Education, Educational Leadership, Clearing House, Kansas Teacher, and Arizona Teacher. Stu was founder and first editor of The Kansas Teacher Education Advocate and conducted hundreds of workshops and presentations at multiple professional conferences. He was also an Executive Board member in the Association of Teacher Educators. Stu was director of the Emporia State University Office for Professional Education Services, chaired the ESU Department of School Leadership, and was executive director of the ESU Center for Educational Research and Service. He also served as assistant dean of The Teachers College.