He previously worked as an English and literacy teacher in the Westwood (MA) and Boston Public Schools, and earned bachelor and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. Dr. Seider is the author of more than 50 academic publications including Character Compass: How Powerful School Culture Can Point Students Toward Success (2012), which won the American Educational Research Association’s outstanding book award in moral development and education. His most recent work– supported by a 2013 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship– investigates the cultivation of critical consciousness in urban youth attending charter high schools.