Kather­ine Reynolds Lewis is an award-win­ning jour­nal­ist who writes for The Atlantic, For­tune, USA Today’s mag­a­zine group, the Wash­ing­ton Post, and Work­ing Moth­er mag­a­zine. Her sto­ry about school dis­ci­pline was Moth­er Jones’ most-read arti­cle ever. She is a cer­ti­fied par­ent edu­ca­tor with the Par­ent Encour­age­ment Pro­gram and lives in the Wash­ing­ton, DC, area with her hus­band and their three children.