Argues that race and racism continue to define issues in the United States, but receive little attention in current College and University Faculty Association work, and are minimized in much of National Council for the Social Studies work. Outlines goals that the authors would like to see these organizations adopt. (DSK)

This article reviews the deep-rooted nature of marginalization and disadvantage and provides examples of leadership initiatives that offer the possibility of a more equitable public schooling. It provides a conceptual orientation to a pedagogy of social justice and argues that it requires development of a critical consciousness within teachers and…

Contends that the source of school violence is children's insensitivity to others' feelings. Explains that young children should experience sensitivity training, while older children must learn about the "social contract," including topics on determining criminal blame and the issue of punishment. States that educators and the juvenile justice…

Four terms central to the dialog about ethics are defined and differentiated: ethics; morality; justice; and law. Several problems in understanding the terms are identified, including differences between the classical and current meanings, common but inappropriate usages, confusion of one term for another, and merging of terms in common usage.…

Describes various bills that were before the 106th Congress that are of special interest to the school community, such as the "Standoff over Juvenile Justice Rewrite" (H.R. 1501), "Violence Prevention Training for Early Childhood Educators Acts" (S. 981), "America After School Act" (S. 316), and "Youth Violence…

Contrary to assumptions about aversive effects of competition on achievement motivation, in this study young people saw academic contests as fair. When participants completed structural interviews on fair ways to organize science contests and on differentiation of skill and luck, age-related trends in their conceptions of procedural justice were…

Demonstrates that a high degree of fairness may be achieved in international comparative research on school achievement, using the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) as an example and employing the methods of advanced pedagogical-psychological diagnosis. Includes references. (CMK)

Evaluates the juvenile justice system focusing on the barriers children encounter when seeking appropriate counsel and the quality of representation. Includes an assessment of the appointment of counsel, pretrial preparation and trial performance, post-trial maneuvers, and appeals. Finds that the most common obstacle is the overwhelming caseloads…

Discusses whether the imposition of capital punishment on an individual for a crime committed as a juvenile constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Explores the crimes of Kevin Stanford and David Allen who were 16 and 17 respectively when they each committed murder. (CMK)

Discusses the Specialized Treatment and Rehabilitation (STAR) project for juvenile offenders in Montgomery County, Texas, noting the project's unique variation on the boot camp model while meeting the educational needs of the student without removal from the home or school campus. Details program goals, parental responsibilities, induction, daily…

Explores the recent implementation of restorative justice practices in Minnesota, Colorado, and Pennsylvania school communities, examining how their approaches can address substance abuse problems and offer alternatives to zero-tolerance policies. The three programs are committed to the idea that restoration is a more appropriate educational tool…

States that Paulo Freire distinguished between authoritarianism and the legitimate exercise of authority, aligning legitimate authority with the assurance of freedom. He also linked freedom with the process of struggle, indicating a strong relationship between freedom and social justice. (NB)

Suggests that higher education should fill the vacuum left by big labor. Asserts that to do this, higher education must become adept at shifting from the right foot of collaboration with big business and big government to the left foot of confrontation, even at the price of lost corporate or government support, when the issue is academic freedom…

The purpose of this paper is to consider whether there is a support for and evidence of social justice content or activities planned as learning experiences at one Catholic school, the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in San Antonio, Texas. The first section of this paper summarizes the 1998 Bishops study that concludes that there is a…

"Using the Attitudes Towards Lesbians and Gay Men Scale" (ATLG) this study focused on two groups of graduate students in graduate level leadership preparation programs. Research questions that framed this study were: What are students' who are aspiring to school leadership positions attitudes toward lesbians and gays? What are students' attitudes…