Book Chapters

The district and central office role in SEL implementation (with Melissa Schlinger and Karen VanAusdal). In Durlak, J. A., Domitrovich, C. E., & Mahoney, J. L. (Eds.). Handbook of social and emotional learning (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press, (2024). 

The SEL roadmap: Avoiding the roadblocks, ruts, and dead ends (with Jacqueline Jodl and Joyce Barnes). In S. E. Rimm-Kaufman, M. J. Strambler, & K. A. Schonert-Reichl, (Eds.). Social and Emotional Learning in Action: Creating Systemic Change in Schools. New York: Guilford Press, 2023.

The goal is civic learning: Principles for administrators in times of uncertainty. In Meira Levinson and Jacob Fay (Eds.), Democratic Discord in Schools: Cases and Commentaries in Educational Ethics. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2019.

The district superintendent’s role in supporting prosocial education (with Florence C. Chang and

Joyce A. Barnes). In Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro, Phil Brown, Mike Corrigan, & Betty W. Straub (Eds.), The Prosocial Education Handbook. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012.

Foreword.  In Richard Sagor and Deborah Rickey, The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2012.

Leading for social responsibility. In Paul Houston, Alan Blankstein, & Robert Cole (Eds.), Leadership for Social Justice and Democracy in Our Schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2011.

The connection between character, service, and social-emotional learning, (with M. McCarthy). In M.J. Elias & H. Arnold, (Eds.), The Educator’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: Social-emotional Learning in the Classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2006.

The bridges to civility: Empathy, ethics, civics and service.  In M. Seymour (Ed.), Educating for Humanity: Rethinking the Purposes of Education.  Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 2004.

Effective recruitment and induction:  Lessons learned.  In J. I. Goodlad and T. J. McMannon (Eds.), The Teaching Career.  New York: Teachers College Press, 2004. Link to editor’s review.

Thinking in context:  Teaching for openmindedness and critical understanding.   In A. Costa (Ed.), Developing Minds:  A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking, 3rd ed.  Arlington, VA:  Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2001.

The rising costs of special education in Massachusetts: Causes and effects (with Perry Davis, Ann Koufman-Frederick, and David Urion).  In C. E. Finn, A. J. Rotherham and C. R. Hokanson (Eds.), Rethinking Special Education for a New Century.  Washington, DC: Progressive Policy Institute and the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, 2001.

The world’s the limit in the virtual high school (with Robert Tinker). In The Jossey-Bass Reader on Technology and Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

The real ropes course:  The development of social consciousness.   In J. C. McDermott (Ed), Beyond the Silence: Listening for Democracy.  Portsmouth, NH:  Heinemann, 1999.

Mathematics reform: One district’s story (with A. Camins).  In T. Gordon (Ed), Leading the Way:  Principals and Superintendents Look at Mathematics Instruction.  Sausalito, CA:  Marilyn Burns Education Association, 1999.

School as a moral community (with Diane Berreth and Susan Anderson).  In Amitai Etzioni (Ed.), Character Building for a Democratic, Civil Society, Washington D.C.:  The Communitarian Network, 1997.

The development of social consciousness.  In J. Kendall (Ed.), Combining Service and Learning:  A Resource Book for Community and Public Service, Vol. 1.  Raleigh, NC:  National Society for Internships and Experiential Education, 1989.