Volume 6, Number 1 (2011) Fifth Anniversary Edition, The Education and Schools Our Children Deserve

EDITOR’S PREVIEW AND GUIDE TO THIS ISSUE

IN ADDITION TO ARTICLES IN RESPONSE TO THE CONTROVERSY, WE HAVE FIVE OTHER SPECIAL SECTIONS IN THIS ISSUE THAT ARE PREVIEWED BELOW:

Editor: The Journal of Educational Controversy welcomes the new Dean of the Woodring College of Education here at Western Washington University --- the home of the journal.  Dean Francisco Rios brings with him a vision of the public mission of schools in a democratic society and the kinds of teachers that can make that vision possible.  We are pleased to introduce Dean Rios and his vision to our readers.

Read Dean Rio’s article in our Introduction Section.

Francisco Rios

PREVIEW OF PROLOGUE
Editor: On October 9, 2009, Alfie Kohn was invited to speak at an event sponsored by the Whatcom Day Academy and the Explorations Academy in conjunction with the Journal of Educational Controversy. We have used the occasion of his talk as the impetus for this issue. For those interested in viewing Mr. Kohn’s lecture, we have provided a link to the video of his presentation. We are dedicating this issue to Alfie Kohn whose book title, The Schools Our Children Deserve, was the inspiration for this issue. Mr. Kohn has written a special prologue to this issue for our readers.

The article by Alfie Kohn can be found in our Prologue Section.

Alfie Kohn

PREVIEW OF SPECIAL SECTION 1
THEME - IN THE NEWS: THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE'S BAN ON ETHNIC STUDIES

Director Augustine Romero tells his own story about events in Arizona's Tucson Unified School District

The journal welcomes accounts from respondents mentioned in the article who may wish to offer other perspectives on these events for our Rejoinder Section or on our Blog.