Dr. Bonnie Campbell Hill was an internationally known educational consultant specializing in the area of literacy instruction and assessment. She worked extensively with individual schools and school districts around the world and also presented at state, national, and international conferences. As a former elementary teacher, she connected research and best practices with the realities and challenges of classroom teaching. Bonnie provided workshops on literature circles, writing instruction, classroom-based assessment, developmental continuums, portfolios, and student-led conferences. She was the author of eight professional books on these topics.

In November 2010, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, she started Bonnie’s Big Idea to promote literacy education around the world.