About Marilee

An educator's lens on how learning lasts.

Marilee brings classroom experience and a practical educator's perspective to questions about memory, emotion, language, executive function, and the brain.

From the classroom outward

ASCD describes Marilee as a veteran educator with more than 25 years of experience teaching elementary, middle, and high school, as well as an author, professional-development specialist, and international keynote presenter.

Corwin reports that her teaching experience spans prekindergarten through high school. She has worked as an independent consultant, taught graduate courses at Aurora University, and presented internationally.

Her professional focus includes social-emotional learning, executive functioning, memory, vocabulary, and brain-based approaches to learning. Across books and presentations, the throughline is practical: make complex ideas useful to the educators doing the work.

Corwin notes an affiliation with the American Academy of Neurology. This site does not describe that affiliation as a clinical credential or professional membership.

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