In this issue of Education Review we begin to profile members of the AITSL Board commencing with the Deputy Chair, Professor Bill Louden.

Professor Bill Louden needs little introduction to many educators across Australia. He has been actively engaged in many of the significant educational discussions in this country over recent years. In particular Professor Louden was a member of the National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy and chaired the Western Australian Government's Literacy and Numeracy Review Taskforce. He is chair of the Curriculum Council, Western Australian's statutory authority responsible for school curriculum and assessment, and has been a member of the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting...