Richard Ognibene received an Ed.D. in history of education from the University of Rochester. He taught most recently at Seton Hall University and Siena College. Ognibene is editor of A Persistent Reformer: Jonathan Kozol's Work to Promote Equality in America and author of several chapters related to contemporary school reform.

Richard Ognibene: Preface - Richard Ognibene: Nineteenth-Century Schools in New York's Capital District: An Overview - Richard Ognibene: Union: The Origin and Development of a Successful Antebellum College - John T. McClintock: Albany's Academies - Trudy J. Hanmer: Emma Hart Willard's Troy Female Seminary: "The Companions, not the Satellites of Men" - S. Michael Halloran: RPI, Originally The Rensselaer School - Ralph DiMarino: Staffing the Common School: The New York State Normal School in Albany - Vincent P. Verdile/Alan S. Boulos/A. John Popp: Emerging Professional Education: Albany Medical College - Robert Emery: Emerging Professional Education: Albany Law School.