Nicholas M. Michelli is University Dean for Teacher Education for the City University of New York system. He is a member of the New York State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching; the Regents policy board on teaching; former chair of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; and current chair of National Network for Educational Renewal.David Lee Keiser is Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Teaching at Montclair State University.

• Introduction: Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice Section One: Contextual Grounding 1. Education for Democracy: What Can it Be?, Nicholas M. Michelli 2. Learners not Widgets: Teacher Education for Social Justice During Transformative Times , David Lee Keiser 3. Searching for the Common Good in Federal Policy: The Missing Essence in NCLB and HEA, Title II, Penelope M. Earley Section Two: Programmatic Examples 4. Preparing Social Studies to Be Just and Democratic: Problems and Possibilities, Beth C. Rubin & Benjamin Justice 5. Where's the Joy? Justice and Caring in Science Education, Maria S. Rivera Maulucci & Angela Calabrese Barton 6. Many Layered Multiple Perspectives: The Role of Aesthetic Education in Teaching for Freedom, Democracy, and Social Justice, Madeleine F. Holzer 7. The Right to Be Equally Taught: Three Sites of Inquiry for Social Justice at a Diverse High School, David Lee Keiser Section Three: Strategies for Implementation 8. Fostering a Commitment to Social Justice through Service Learning in a Teacher Education Course, Tamara Lucas 9. Developing a Shared Vision for Schooling and Teacher Education in a Democracy: A Story from Colorado, Carol Wilson & Roscoe Davidson 10. Critical Thinking for Democracy and Social Justice, David S. Martin 11. External Funding: The Place of Foundations for Democracy and Social Justice, Carla Asher with Diane Eidman Section Four: Moving Forward Conclusion: Hopes, and Expectations, Nicholas M. Michelli & David Lee Keiser Afterword by Richard W. Clark