The following are samples of my published writing. Many of these pieces were written while I was Dr. Dennis Littky's assistant at The Big Picture Company and The Met High Schools from 2001 to 2004. Two years ago, I was honored to be asked by the FIRST organization (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to help them develop a coffeetable book to celebrate their 15th anniversary supporting robotics programs for children and teenagers.


BOOKS:

• Grabelle, Sam (Writer and Developmental Editor). (2007). FIRST: Chronicles of Inspiration, Competition and Changing the World.  CA: Palo Alto Press. 

• Littky, Dennis with Samantha Grabelle. (2004). The Big Picture: Education is Everyone’s Business.  Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

• Grabelle, Sam (contributor). (2003). Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach.  Intrator, S. and Scribner, M. (eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  
  
  

ARTICLES:

• Grabelle, Samantha. "Diving In: The Real Goals of Education." The Virginia Journal of Education (October 2008).

• Grabelle, Samantha. “My Father’s Wisdom – Reconsidered.” The Ohio ASCD Journal. (Spring 2005).

• Littky, Dennis with Samantha Grabelle. “The World is Integrated!” The Curriculum Technology Quarterly (February 2005).

• Littky, Dennis with Samantha Grabelle. “Voting for Homecoming Queen Does Not Prepare Students for Democracy.” Horace, Volume 21, No. 1 (Late Fall 2004 - Special 20th Anniversary Issue).

• Littky, Dennis with Samantha Grabelle. “If We Love Our Children More Than We Love Our Schools, the System Must Change.” Educational Horizons, Pi Lambda Theta (Summer 2004).

• Dennis Littky, Nancy Diaz, Danique Dolly, Chris Hempel, Charlie Plant, Phil Price, and Sam Grabelle. “Moment to Moment at The Met.” Educational Leadership (May 2004).

OTHER:

• Grabelle, Sam with Kas DeCarvalho. The Met Policy Manual. (2004). Complete policies and procedures for the six public high schools that form The Met.

• Grabelle, Sam. Welcome to The Met.  (2003-2004). 15-page brochure for The Met high schools.

• Grabelle, Sam. The Met Portfolio. (2001-2002). 34-page report on The Met high schools.
  
  
  

WEBSITES:

• Bryant University's Academic Center for Excellence: www.bryant.edu/ace (including new section on the ESL Transition Program www.bryant.edu/esl)
  

• Rhode Island Department of Education's Highly Qualified Leaders Project: www.ride.ri.gov/hqlp/background.aspx
  

• Padma Venkatraman's website for her book, Climbing the Stairs: www.climbingthestairsbook.com