During his tenure, Dr. Daniel Black has played a pivotal role in educating and mentoring countless students, fostering their academic and spiritual development. He has intentionally cultivated a tradition of scholar activism in Black Studies, thereby cementing his intellectual legacy. In May of 2024, Black delivered his widely acclaimed…

Black Lives Matter is a global movement that has gained support from an increasingly diverse racial and ethnic demographic. Universities seek ways to provide an opportunity to increase the quantity and strength of the Black perspective. Using research methods, a fundamental social science course, this paper demonstrates that it is possible to view…

Engaging with current protests for climate justice on university campuses, this paper discusses how matters of concern are shared in the university and how cohabitation on campus itself becomes a public matter. Multiple ecological and political crises shed light on the interdependence between the public and the communal dimension of university.…

This article proposes the Kingdon-Khan Model (KKM) as an extension of John Kingdon's Multiple Streams Model (MSM) of agenda setting. While the MSM is comprehensively used to explain how issues reach policymakers' agendas, it underrepresents the influence of media, public opinion, and social movements on agenda setting. To address this limitation,…

The inclusion of students with disabilities with special education services into general education classes has been an integral part of education for over 3 decades. It is a worldwide movement that continues to grow. Yet, some Special Education researchers remain highly critical, even cynical, of inclusion, despite decades of research that have…

Decolonial scholars endeavour to evade the construction of another singularity by rejecting the allure to universalise a single definition of decoloniality and difference, which may claim narratives and praxis that would liberate all peoples but would re-enact other forms of irreflexive violence. For this rationale, we draw on our loci of…

This article addresses the practices of white benevolence as it (re)produces anti-Black racism in the post-conflict country of Liberia. This is undertaken through an analysis of the ProPublica documentary "Unprotected" which chronicles sexual violence against Liberian girls at the More Than Me Academy, linked to the broader practices of…

The climate crisis raises questions such as: Why are corporations continuing to produce plastic for their products when more sustainable solutions are available? Does recycling make a difference? Can oil companies be "green" and "sustainable," as their ads claim? Why are factories, landfills, and extraction sites located where…

Inclusive teaching is a potentially transformative mindset and approach to reimagining education. To realize its full potential, we must be willing to redefine what it means to teach. In this essay, I draw on the lessons learned during the civil rights work of the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC) to make the case for a new paradigm…

This policy guidance offers recommendations that schools can adopt to safeguard their students and ensure their right to engage in peaceful protest, while maintaining a safe campus environment and upholding relevant laws. The guidance came in response to a growing wave of discriminatory and punitive actions against student protesters, particularly…

Rural school counselors can be social justice leaders in school-family-community partnerships. To best understand this role, the authors introduce a rural school-family-community partnership model that is strength-based and highlights the variety of supports and barriers related to the needs of rural students, families, and communities. The model…

This case explores the challenges faced by educational leaders at Maple Middle School, a rural school in a diverse community, involving a physical altercation between two students, subsequent student protests, and an investigation by Child Protective Services. Amid growing community unrest, a divided school board must address student discipline…

This statement was formulated by a subcommittee of Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure. It was approved by Committee A in December 2024 and adopted by the Association's Council in January 2025. The AAUP has never determined that the neutrality of institutions is either necessary for, or incompatible with, the principles of academic freedom.…

This article details a unit of study bringing together shared reading, place-based pedagogies, and climate-centered texts to engage students in youth participatory community action (YPAR). The authors envision an English classroom where youth read, write, and argue for change as activists as they encounter climate justice literature through YPAR…

A teacher and author shares vital ways to help students counter climate despair with hope, agency, imagination, and activism.