Journal of Educational Controversy Blog

Editor: Here is a slightly different version of our post below about Bill Ayers.  In it, he asks followers to sign and forward a petition to...

Editor: Readers will remember an article in an earlier issue of the Journal of Educational Controversy by Bill Ayers, entitled, “ Singing i...

September 30th marked the 50th anniversary of the historic desegregation of the University of Mississippi. James Meredith, the student whose...

NEW CALL FOR PAPERS: JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL CONTROVERSY VOL. 8 NO. 1 Fall 2013 THEME: WHO DEFINES THE PUBLIC IN PUBLIC EDUCATION CONTROV...

Editor:  Jim Strickland has been a long-time believer in an education for sustaining democratic life.  He is also the former regional coordi...

I was saddened to hear of Dick Clark’s passing on July 6th. I saw Dick just last month at the conference of the National League of Democrati...

  Editor:   In our current issue of the Journal of Educational Controversy , Deborah Meier raised some important questions about the educat...

Readers will remember our 2007 journal’s special issue on the U.S. Supreme Court decision, PICS v Seattle School District , when the High Co...

At the beginning of last week’s 14 th Annual Educational Law and Social Justice Forum (panel topic: “The Education and Schools Our Chil...

The Educational Institute for Democratic Renewal that houses the Journal of Educational Controversy is joining other community groups to br...

Our 14th Annual Educational Law and Social Justice Forum this year will feature authors from our current issue of the journal on the theme,...

Editor: Below is a post in memory of Adrienne Rich who died on March 27th. The author, Lee Karlovic, is a former faculty member at Western W...