Eric Hougan is a National Board Certified Teacher in Renton, Washington. In addition to writing, Eric founded RoadtoTeaching.com - a free online website that supports tens of thousands of educators a year. Eric, recognized as a top educator for this service, research, and leadership, received the Phi Delta Kappa International 2008-9 Emerging Leader Award. Eric is currently a Ph.D. student, studying education policy at University of Washington