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Mary Beth Klee has worn many different hats: historian, educator, and writer. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Klee holds her Ed.M. from Boston University and a Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Brandeis University. In 1991, after completing her doctorate and teaching history on the college level, Mary Beth founded Crossroads Academy, an independent day school in New Hampshire with twin goals of academic and moral excellence. As Head of School from 1991 to 1997, Dr. Klee sought a character education program that moved beyond “values clarification” or “rights and responsibilities." She worked with Crossroads faculty to develop a virtues-based approach. With a grant from the Challenge Foundation, she authored and Crossroads faculty piloted the literature-based Core Virtues program.
Core Virtues is in its twenty-seventh year of publication. Mary Beth has published three revisions and updates to the program since its release in 1995. (This site provides ongoing updates.) She has conducted numerous professional development workshops throughout the United States, as well as Chile and Kenya. Convinced that our striving for human excellence must be grounded in the nature of the human experience, Dr. Klee has also worked on the development of K-12 history programs. With exceptional colleagues at K12, Inc., she co-edited three middle school world history textbooks: The Human Odyssey, Prehistory Through the Middle Ages (Vol 1),The Human Odyssey, Our Modern World 1400-1914 (Vol 2),The Human Odyssey, From Modern Times to Our Contemporary Era (Vol 3) and one U.S. history text with distinguished historian Morton Keller: The American Odyssey A History of the United States. (2009) Mary Beth's most recent book, Leonore's Suite (2020) is historical fiction inspired by true events. It is a coming-of-age story of an American teen girl interned by the Japanese in World War II. Dr. Klee teaches American history at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. |
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