About Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace graduated from Knox College with a bachelor of arts degree, from Northern Illinois University with a master's degree in education and from Western Colorado University with a doctorate in Educational Philosophy.

He was a teacher at Hiawatha High School in Kirkland, Ill., Phoenix Union High School in Phoenix, Ariz., and La Quinta High School in Garden Grove, Calif. At all three schools he taught English and was the varsity basketball coach. He served as an assistant principal at Pacifica High School and principal at Garden Grove High School, both in southern California.

Wallace is a member of the National Education Association and the National Association of High School Administrators. He has served on the Board of Trustees at Knox College, the Orange County (Calif.) YMCA Board of Directors, The Galesburg (Ill.) Youth Athletic Association, and as a youth counselor at a psychiatric hospital in California.

The Stuttering Foundation of America selected him Print Journalist of the Year in 1997.

Check out his Q&A style column 'Tween 12 and 20.

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Is Our Local Blood Drive Safe? Nov 29, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I'm a high school student, and a good friend of mine hit me up the other day to invite me to go with him to a blood drive in our community. Apparently the local hospitals and emergency rooms currently have a low supply of plasma and are ... Read More

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I Have an Opportunity to Skip Straight to High School Next Year! Nov 28, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I'm in the seventh grade right now, and fortunately I'm a very good student. The principal at my intermediate school has been very helpful, and she's encouraging me to consider skipping the eighth grade and going directly to high school ... Read More

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I Want to Give Her Every Possible Advantage Nov 27, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I am a new parent of a precious child that I would like to help prepare for the world the very best I can, of course. I've done a lot of reading, studying and talking to friends, relatives and others about raising children. I'm really in... Read More

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My Stepmother Puts My Friend and Me to Work Unfairly Nov 26, 2025

DR. WALLACE: My mother passed away several years ago, and I'm a girl who now lives with her father and stepmother. My stepmother runs a part-time home-based business that's relatively modest, and my father has a corporate executive job. That is the m... Read More