Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Montclair State University (New Jersey, USA). Psychologist, with an M.A. in Secondary Education, he finished his Ph.D. in Education in 1999 at the University of California. As a researcher, he has a special interest in the ways in which the purposes of public education intersection with notions of democracy and social justice, how school/university partnerships work to provide the ethical and effective teachers to public schools, and how the nexus of mindfulness and teacher education can help navigate unchartered waters of the current high-stakes testing climate. He is also the coordinator of the Agenda for Education in a Democracy, where he tries to include many teachers and university faculty members in ongoing professional development for school renewal and change.

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