Jim Westcott Writer Introduction Former special education teacherWrote a variety of education content for education businesses, publishers, school districts, and morePublished twelve books in the education, school-library market and one book in the trade fiction market Experience Jim Westcott is a former teacher who has written on a variety of education topics. He has written content for education businesses and publishers, as well as state education departments, school districts, colleges, private schools.Jim has also published twelve books in the education market, as well as one trade fiction book. ThoughtCo and Dotdash Meredith ThoughtCo, a Dotdash Meredith brand, is an award-winning reference site offering education content created by experts. ThoughtCo reaches 13 million readers each month. Learn more about us and our editorial guidelines.