In-Press: Pedagogies of Kindness and Respect: On the Lives and Education of Children (Peter Lang USA)
P.L. Thomas, Paul R. Carr, Julie Gorlewski, and Brad J. Porfilio, eds.
[Draft cover, original artwork by A. Scott Henderson]

Table of Contents
Introduction: “God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
P. L. Thomas, Paul R. Carr, Julie Gorlewski, and Brad J. Porfilio, editors
Section One: Theoretical Framework
Chapter One: Public Education and the Ethics of Care: Toward a Politics of Kindness?
Rachel K. Brickner
Chapter Two: Are We Educating Our Children Within a Culture of Care?
Michael Burger
Chapter Three: No Excuses for “No Excuses”: Counternarratives and Student Agency
Sharon M. Chubbuck and Brandon Buck
Chapter Four: Empathic Education for a Compassionate Nation: A Pedagogy of Kindness and Respect for Healing Educational Trauma
Lee-Anne Gray
Section 2: Pedagogies of Kindness and Children
Chapter Five: Renewing the Confucian Tradition: Kindness and Respect in Children’s Everyday Schooling
Jiacheng Li and Mei Ni
Chapter Six: “When I explain it, you’ll understand”: Children’s Voices on Educational Care
Maria K. McKenna
Chapter Seven: Prekindergarten Policy and Politics: Discursive (Inter)play on Readying the Ideal Learner
Angela C. Passero, Carrie L. Gentner, and Vonzell Agosto
Chapter Eight: Nurtured Nature: The Connection Between Care for Children and Care for the Environment
Chiara D’Amore and Denise Mitten
Section Three: Curricular Dimensions of the Pedagogies of Kindness
Chapter Nine: Love, Learning, and the Arts
Jane Dalton
Chapter Ten: Aesthetic Reading and Historical Empathy: Humanizing Approaches to “Letter From Birmingham Jail”
Jason L. Endacott, Christian Z. Goering, and Joseph E. O’Brien
Chapter Eleven: Re-Storying “Progress” Through Familial Curriculum Making: Toward a Husbandry of Rooted Lives
Sarah Fischer
Chapter Twelve: Music Education, Character Development, and Advocacy: The Philosophy of Shinichi Suzuki
Karin S. Hendricks
Chapter Thirteen: Tough Kindness: Reconciling Student Needs and Interests in 1940s Black Progressive High Schools
Craig Kridel
Chapter Fourteen: Doodles, Birds, and Abstract Words: The Experience of Caring
Karinna Riddett-Moore
Chapter Fifteen: No More Disrespect: Teaching All Students to Question Right and Wrong in History
Laura J. Dull and Diana B. Turk
Section Four: The Political Economy of the Pedagogies of Kindness
Chapter Sixteen: Peace Education About the Lives of Children
Candice C. Carter
Chapter Seventeen: Acknowledging and Validating LGBT Identities: Toward a Pedagogy of Compassion
A. Scott Henderson
Chapter Eighteen: Reclaiming Kindness, Courage, and Compassionate Justice in Difficult Educational Times
Ursula A. Kelly
Chapter Nineteen: A Critical Pedagogy of Care and Respect: What Queer Literacy Pedagogy Can Teach Us About Education for Freedom
Cammie Kim Lin
Chapter Twenty: Toward Pedagogies of “Senseless Kindness” in Critical Education
Michalinos Zembylas, Robert Hattam, and Maija Lanas
Author Biographies