Maurice Kaufman is Professor of Education, emeritus, Northeastern University. He received undergraduate and master's degrees from the City College of New York, and a Ph.D. from New York University. He was an elementary school teacher, reading instructor and clinician, junior high school reading consultant, and college professor. He has helped to develop curriculum materials in reading for the New York City schools and the state of Massachusetts. Major publications include The Literacy Tutor's Handbook, The Complete Reading Supervisor, and Perceptual and Language Readiness Programs.