Educators for Social Responsibility

Educators for Social Responsibility ESR

"Founded in 1982, ESR provides educational resources, programs, and professional development services for schools preK-12 in three broad areas: 1) student skill development - working with teachers to help students develop social skills, emotional competencies, and qualities of character that increase interpersonal effectiveness, and reduce intolerance, aggression, and anti-social behavior; 2) school and classroom climate - helping schools create safe, caring, respectful, and disciplined learning environments that promote healthy development and academic success for all students; and 3) response to social crises and world events - helping educators respond effectively to local, national, and international crises related to interpersonal and systemic violence, intolerance, and global conflicts and war."

Richmond Mayo-Smith was one of their cofounders.

Board of Directors 2005- 2006
Accessed August 2007:


 * Rick Abrams, General Manager, Tom Snyder Productions, Inc.; Watertown, MA
 * Sheldon Berman, Superintendent of Schools; Hudson, MA
 * Carol Bershad, Education Consultant; Natick, MA
 * Larry Dieringer, ESR Executive Director; Cambridge, MA
 * Larrie Hall, Principal, Lincoln Middle School; Carlsbad, CA
 * Janice Jackson, Assistant Professor, Boston College School of Education; Boston, MA
 * Deborah Jewell Sherman, Superintendent of Schools; Richmond, VA
 * Diana Lam, Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Teacher's College, Columbia University; New York, NY
 * Larry Leverett, Superintendent of Schools; Greenwich, CT
 * Jan Phlegar, Executive Director, Learning Innovations; Stoneham, MA
 * Terry Pickeral, Executive Director, National Center for Learning and Citizenship; Denver, CO
 * Eric Schaps, President, Development Studies Center; Oakland, CA
 * Robin Stern, Psychologist in Private Practice; Board of Directors, Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership; New York, NY
 * Rene Townsend, Executive Director, Public School Services; Encinitas, CA

National Advisory Board
Accessed August 2007:


 * Sheldon Berman, Superintendent of Schools, Hudson, MA
 * Gene Carter, Executive Director, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
 * James Comer, Associate Dean, Yale School of Medicine, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale Child Study Center
 * Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children’s Defense Fund
 * Roger Fisher, Professor Emeritus, Director of Harvard Negotiation Project, Harvard Law School
 * Daniel Goleman, Author of Emotional Intelligence
 * Maxine Greene, Professor Emeritus, Teachers College, Columbia University
 * Eileen Rockefeller Growald, Founder, Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning
 * Michael Hartoonian, Professor, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
 * Mary Hatwood-Futrell, Former President, National Education Association, Dean, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University
 * Theodore Hesburgh, President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame
 * Jonathan Kozol, Author of Savage Inequalities and Amazing Grace
 * Deborah Meier, Author of The Power of Their Ideas, Principal, Mission Hill School, Boston Public Schools
 * Gabriella Morris, President, The Prudential Foundation
 * Sonia Nieto, Professor School of Education, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Author of Affirming Diversity
 * Vito Perrone, Director, Teacher Education Programs, Harvard Graduate School of Education
 * Robert Peterkin, Director, The Urban Superintendency, Harvard Graduate School of Education
 * Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Associate Dean of Faculty Development, Professor of Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health
 * Theodore Sizer, Chairman Emeritus, Coalition of Essential Schools, Author of Horace’s Compromise
 * Charles Slater, Director Education Programs, University of the Incarnate Word

===Board of Directors ===
 * Sheldon Berman, Ph.D., Superintendent, Hudson (MA) Public Schools
 * Carol Bershad, Educational Consultant
 * Larrie Hall, Principal, Rancho Minvera Middle School, Vista (CA)
 * Janice Jackson, Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge (MA)
 * Diana Lam, Distinguished Practitioner in residence, Teache's College
 * Deborah Jewell-Sherman, Superintendent, Richmond (VA) Public Schools
 * Jan Phlegar, Executive Director, Learning Innovations
 * Eric Schaps, President, Developmental Studies Center
 * Larry Leverett, Executive Director, Panasonic Foundation, Secaucus (NJ)
 * Robin Stern, Psychologist in Private Practice
 * Rene Townsend, Executive Director, Public Schools Services
 * Mark Baldwin, Dean, California State University, San Marcos
 * Barry Berman, Chief Financial Officer, Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, Boston (MA)
 * Nancy Wilsker, Attorney/Partner, Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, Boston (MA)

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