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Mark's experiences as a school newspaper "publisher" led him to create the National Elementary Schools Press Association (NESPA), an organization that helps elementaryand middle schools start and improve school newspapers. NESPA membership numbers several hundred from coast to coast including noted writers Judy Blume, Garrison Keillor, and Dave Barry. Mark is the author of "Kids in Print ~ Publishing a School Newspaper," published in 1997 by Good Apple and several other books for teachers and students.

In the area of science education, Mark also has been recognized and honored. In 1994 he was one of only two elementary teachers to receive a national teaching award from the Ohaus Corporation and the National Science Teachers Association for his creation of the Earth Rangers program. Mark is a North Carolina Certified Environmental Educator.

Mark is Director of Communications at Carolina Day School in Asheville, North Carolina where he also helps the fifth graders publish a newspaper. He lives with his wife, Bobbie, and a variety of family pets in Columbus, NC.