Erik M. Francis

This is the official Youtube channel for Maverik Education and Erik M. Francis, an international author and presenter with over 25 years of experience working as a classroom teacher, a site administrator, an education program specialist with a state education agency, and a professional development trainer.  He is the author of Inquiring Minds Want to Learn: Posing Good Questions to Promote Student Inquiry (Solution Tree, 2024), Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Method and Model for Deeper Teaching and Learning (Solution Tree, 2021), and Now That's a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning published (ASCD, 2016).   Erik is consistently ranked as one of the World's Top 30 Education Professionals by the research organization Global Gurus.  He has conducted professional trainings at K-12 schools, colleges, and universities throughout the United States and internationally in Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Middle East.