Samuel M. Craver is Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the co-author, with Howard Ozmon, of Philosophical Foundations of Education, 8th Edition (Prentice Hall, 2007). Maike Ingrid Philipsen is Professor in Foundations of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught social foundations courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels since 1993. She is the author of Challenges of the Faculty Career for Women (Jossey Bass, 2008).

• Preface; 1. Teaching as a Profession; 2. School Governance and Control; 3. Equal Educational Opportunity; 4. Social Class and Education; 5. Race and the Education of African Americans; 6. Ethnicity and Education; 7. Gender and Education; 8. Education of People with Disabilities; 9. Religion and Education.

Samuel M. Craver is Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the co-author, with Howard Ozmon, of Philosophical Foundations of Education, 8th Edition (Prentice Hall, 2007). Maike Ingrid Philipsen is Professor in Foundations of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught social foundations courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels since 1993. She is the author of Challenges of the Faculty Career for Women (Jossey Bass, 2008).

• Preface; 1. Teaching as a Profession; 2. School Governance and Control; 3. Equal Educational Opportunity; 4. Social Class and Education; 5. Race and the Education of African Americans; 6. Ethnicity and Education; 7. Gender and Education; 8. Education of People with Disabilities; 9. Religion and Education.

Samuel M. Craver is Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the co-author, with Howard Ozmon, of Philosophical Foundations of Education, 8th Edition (Prentice Hall, 2007). Maike Ingrid Philipsen is Professor in Foundations of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught social foundations courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels since 1993. She is the author of Challenges of the Faculty Career for Women (Jossey Bass, 2008).

• Preface; 1. Teaching as a Profession; 2. School Governance and Control; 3. Equal Educational Opportunity; 4. Social Class and Education; 5. Race and the Education of African Americans; 6. Ethnicity and Education; 7. Gender and Education; 8. Education of People with Disabilities; 9. Religion and Education.