Penelle Chase began her collaboration with co-author Jane Doan in the field of multiage education while they were pursuing their master’s degrees at the University of Maine. After teaching self-contained classes for more than fifteen years, Chase and Doan began coteaching a primary multiage class in 1988 at the Benton Elementary School in central Maine, where they continue to develop and refine their program. Their reflections on the multiage philosophy resulted in the book Full Circle: A New Look at Multiage Education (Heinemann, 1994).
