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Volume 3, Number 1 (2008) Schooling as if Democracy Matters

EDITOR'S PREVIEW AND GUIDE TO THIS ISSUE

PROLOGUE

Editor: On November 1, 2006, John Goodlad was invited to speak as the Third Annual Distinguished Speaker at the Woodring College of Education. Readers can view the video of the lecture or listen to the audio of the lecture. His lecture provided the impetus for the theme of this issue and the journal is dedicating this issue to John Goodlad's lifetime work in helping us to think about the kind of education that is required to sustain a vital democracy. John Goodlad has written a special prologue for this issue. The journal is also providing a special section on some of the schools that are part of the League of Democratic Schools, a project that was started by Dr. Goodlad. Woodring College of Education partners with one of these schools, the Whatcom Day Academy, in an effort to create a model school that is a laboratory for democratic practices.

In addition to our articles in response to the controversy, we have several special sections.

PREVIEW OF INTRODUCTION

Our introductory section provides articles around two separate themes that provide a context for what follows.

Theme 1: A Look Back at John Dewey on Education and Democracy

Theme 2: A Look at the Current State of Controversy on Civil Liberties in U. S. Democracy

PREVIEW OF SPECIAL SECTION 1

Theme: A Look Inside the Classrooms of the League of Democratic Schools

The Editor invited teachers and principals whose schools participate in John Goodlad's League of Democratic Schools to talk about their schools and classrooms. Readers will see a variety of ways teachers have interpreted their democratic mission in schools from Washington, Oregon, and Ohio. We invite teachers from around the nation and the world to respond in our Rejoinder page. We plan to provide a more informal discussion section for a sustained interaction among educators as well as space for more formal responses. We invite you to respond to the authors' accounts, share what you think is helpful or problematic in their practices, provide an account of what your schools and classrooms are doing, describe what you see as the obstacles to a truly democratic education, make recommendations for new directions and new initiatives, etc. We will keep publishing responses as long as the conversation continues.

PREVIEW OF SPECIAL SECTION 2

Theme: The U. S. Supreme Court's Most Recent Decision on Student Rights

Click on the Authors Talk link and Public Forums link for videos that supplement the articles in this section.
 

Read the U.S. Supreme Court decision, MORSE et al. v. FREDERICK, at:  http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/06-278.html
 

Editorial

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Schooling as if Democracy Matters
Lorraine Kasprisin
Vol. 3, Iss. 1

Prologue

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Agenda for Education in a Democracy
John Goodlad
Vol. 3, Iss. 1

Introductory Essays

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Speculation on a Missing Link: Dewey's Democracy and Schools
Lynda Stone
Vol. 3, Iss. 1


Theme: A LOOK BACK AT JOHN DEWEY ON EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY

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Are We Targeting Our Fellow Countrymen? The Consequences of the USA PATRIOT Act
Brett Rubio and Bridget K. Baker
Vol. 3, Iss. 1


Theme: A LOOK AT THE CURRENT STATE OF CONTROVERSY ON CIVIL LIBERTIES IN U. S. DEMOCRACY

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Closed Borders and Closed Minds: Immigration Policy Changes after 9/11 and U.S. Higher Education
M. Allison Witt
Vol. 3, Iss. 1


Theme: A LOOK AT THE CURRENT STATE OF CONTROVERSY ON CIVIL LIBERTIES IN U. S. DEMOCRACY

Articles in Response to Controversy

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Singing in Dark Times
William Ayers
Vol. 3, Iss. 1

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Introduction to Chapter from The Abandoned Generation written for this issue
Henry A. Giroux
Vol. 3, Iss. 1


Theme: Education and the Crisis of Democracy: Confronting Authoritarianism in a Post 9/11 America

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Democracy, Patriotism, and Schooling After September 11th Critical Citizens or Unthinking Patriots?
Henry A. Giroux
Vol. 3, Iss. 1


Theme: Education and the Crisis of Democracy: Confronting Authoritarianism in a post 9/11 America

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Beautiful Losers
William Lyne
Vol. 3, Iss. 1

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What if Democracy Really Matters
Claudia Ruitenberg
Vol. 3, Iss. 1

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Teaching The Levees: An Exercise in Democratic Dialogue
Margaret Smith Crocco and Maureen Grolnick
Vol. 3, Iss. 1

Special Section 1

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The Elementary Classroom: A Key Dimension of a Child's Democratic World
Vale Hartley
Vol. 3, Iss. 1


Theme: A LOOK INSIDE THE CLASSROOMS OF THE LEAGUE OF DEMOCRATIC SCHOOLS

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Finding Our Voice: One School's Commitment to Community
Dianne C. Suiter
Vol. 3, Iss. 1


Theme: A LOOK INSIDE THE CLASSROOMS OF THE LEAGUE OF DEMOCRATIC SCHOOLS

Special Section 2

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Visions of Public Education In Morse v. Frederick
Aaron H. Caplan
Vol. 3, Iss. 1


Theme: SPECIAL SECTION ON THE U. S. SUPREME COURT'S MOST RECENT DECISION ON STUDENT RIGHTS

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“Bong Hits 4 Jesus”: Have Students' First Amendment Rights to Free Speech Been Changed After Morse v. Frederick?
Nathan M. Roberts
Vol. 3, Iss. 1


Theme: SPECIAL SECTION ON THE U. S. SUPREME COURT'S MOST RECENT DECISION ON STUDENT RIGHTS

Book Reviews

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What Schools are For by John Goodlad
Antony Smith
Vol. 3, Iss. 1

About the Authors

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About the Authors

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Controversy Addressed in this Issue:

In this issue, we consider how we are to fulfill the traditional moral imperative of our schools -- to create a public capable of sustaining the life of a democracy.  How do we do this in an age of the Patriot Act and similar anti-terrorism legislation in other countries, NSA surveillance, extraordinary rendition, preemptive wars, enemy combatants -- all likely to involve violations of civil rights and liberties and a curtain of government secrecy?  What story do we tell our young about who we are, who we have been, and who we are becoming?  How do we educate children about their identity in this global world?  What sense are they to make of the "imperial" democracy they are inheriting?  Is our new political environment a fundamental break with the past or an extension of longstanding trends?   What are the implications of these forces for the education of the young on the foundations of our democracy and our collective identity? 

Read the U.S. Supreme Court decision, MORSE et al. v. FREDERICK, at: http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/06-278.html