Working for Social Justice Inside and Outside the Classroom

Nancye E. McCrary (EdD., Instructional Systems Design, University of Kentucky; B.S. and M.S., University of Tennessee) is Associate Professor of Education and Chair of Professional Studies at St. Catharine College.E. Wayne Ross (PhD., The Ohio State University; A.B. and M.A.T., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) is Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at University of British Columbia, Co-Director of the Institute for Critical Education Studies, and Co-Founder of the Rouge Forum.

• Contents: Nancye McCrary/E. Wayne Ross: Working for Social Justice Inside and Outside the Classroom: A Community of Teachers, Researchers, and Activists – Nancye McCrary: The Last Teacher – Staughton Lynd: What Is to Be done? – Susan Ohanian: Against Obedience – Alan Singer/Eustace Thompson: Pearson, Inc.: Slashing Away at Hercules’ Hydra – Faith Agostinone-Wilson: Relation of Theory and Research to Practice in Social Justice Education - On the Urgency and Relevance of Research for Marxists – Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez: Reclaiming Our Indigenous Worldview: A More Authentic Baseline for Social/Ecological Justice Work in Education – Rich Gibson: Why It Is Possible and Imperative to Teach Capital, Empire, and Revolution - and How. – Dave Hill: Class Struggle and Education: Neoliberalism, (Neo)conservatism, and the Capitalist Assault on Public Education – Doug Selwyn: Social Justice Education in the Classroom - Social Justice in the Classroom? It Would Be a Good Idea – Patrick Shannon: Poverty, Politics, and Reading Education in the United States. – Glenabah Martinez: Counter-Narratives in State History: The 100 Years of State and Federal Policy Curriculum Project Educational Thought and Sociocultural Studies – E. Wayne Ross: Broadening the Circle of Critical Pedagogy – Leah Bayens: Social Justice Education Outside the Classroom: «Putting First Things First»: Obligation and Affection in Ecological Agrarian Education. – Tara M. Tuttle: «Barely in the Front Door» but Beyond the Ivory Tower: Women’s and Gender Studies Pedagogy Outside the Classroom – Paul Street: Our Pass-Fail Moment: Livable Ecology, Capitalism, Occupy, and What Is to Be Done – Brad J. Porfilio and Michael Watz: Youth-Led Organizations, the Arts, and the 411 Initiative for Change in Canada: Critical Pedagogy for the 21st Century.