• Northeast Foundation for Children, 71 Montague City Road, Greenfield, MA. 01301 http://www.responsiveclassroom.org or e-mail at info@responsiveclassroom.org

The Responsive Classroom, a free newsletter for teachers focused on improving elementary and middle schools by helping educators integrate the teaching of social and academic skills, and a practical book on how to implement the Responsive Teacher Model called Teaching Children to Care: Management in The Responsive Classroom by Ruth Charney as well as other books, videos and resources are available from the Foundation.

• Noddings, N. (1992). The Challenge to Care in School. New York: Teachers College Press. This book is a good overall orientation about creating caring relationships in school.

• Sergiovanni, T.J. (1994). Building Community in Schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Wehlage, G., Rutter, R., Smith, G., Lesko, N. & Fernandez, R. (1989). Reducing the Risk: Schools as Communities of Support. London: The Falmer Press. These two books are also an excellent resource on creating communities in school, especially for at risk students.