Patrick M. Jenlink is professor of doctoral studies in the Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership and Director of the Educational Research Center at Stephen F. Austin State University.

In this new collection scholar-practitioner leaders from universities and schools across the United States join forces to undertake the most important work there is—'imagining and realizing a more functional democratic society' (Preface). The vistas of democratic places they invite us into are wide-ranging and pragmatically anchored in John Dewey's enduring philosophy democratic education. You will walk away from this text more critically informed and better prepared for the complex challenges that infuse our schools, classrooms, and lives.

• Part 1 Leadership and Democratic EducationChapter 2 Introduction: Dewey's Democracy and Education RevisitedChapter 3 Dewey's Legacy for Democratic Education and Leadership—Democracy and Education RevisitedChapter 4 Democracy and Education Revisited: A Continuing Leadership AgendaPart 5 Social Foundations and Democratic EducationChapter 6 The Criteria of Good Aims and the Idea of the Curriculum StandardChapter 7 What Kind of Democracy Should Public Schools Promote? A Challenge for Educational Leaders in a No Child Left Behind EnvironmentChapter 8 Democratic Foundations of Social EducationChapter 9 John Dewey: Still Ahead of His TimePart 10 Aesthetics and Democratic EducationChapter 11 Dewey, Democratic Leadership, and ArtChapter 12 The Mis-underestimation of the Value of Aesthetics in Public EducationPart 13 Culture and Democratic EducationChapter 14 Leadership and Democracy: Creating Inclusive SchoolsChapter 15 Education for Democratic Culture—Cultural Democracy: Taking a Critical Pragmatic TurnPart 16 Freedom and Democratic EducationChapter 17 Learning Walks Away: The Erasure of Democracy from EducationChapter 18 Transforming the School into a Democratically Practiced PlaceChapter 19 On the Corruption of Democracy and EducationPart 20 Democracy and Democratic Vistas of EducationChapter 21 Creating Democratic RelationshipsChapter 22 Scholar-Practitioner Leadership: Revitalizing the Democratic Ideal in American Schools and SocietyChapter 23 Coda: Dewey's Democracy and Education: Realizing New Vistas of Democratic Education

Patrick M. Jenlink is professor of doctoral studies in the Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership and Director of the Educational Research Center at Stephen F. Austin State University.

In this new collection scholar-practitioner leaders from universities and schools across the United States join forces to undertake the most important work there is—'imagining and realizing a more functional democratic society' (Preface). The vistas of democratic places they invite us into are wide-ranging and pragmatically anchored in John Dewey's enduring philosophy democratic education. You will walk away from this text more critically informed and better prepared for the complex challenges that infuse our schools, classrooms, and lives.

• Part 1 Leadership and Democratic EducationChapter 2 Introduction: Dewey's Democracy and Education RevisitedChapter 3 Dewey's Legacy for Democratic Education and Leadership—Democracy and Education RevisitedChapter 4 Democracy and Education Revisited: A Continuing Leadership AgendaPart 5 Social Foundations and Democratic EducationChapter 6 The Criteria of Good Aims and the Idea of the Curriculum StandardChapter 7 What Kind of Democracy Should Public Schools Promote? A Challenge for Educational Leaders in a No Child Left Behind EnvironmentChapter 8 Democratic Foundations of Social EducationChapter 9 John Dewey: Still Ahead of His TimePart 10 Aesthetics and Democratic EducationChapter 11 Dewey, Democratic Leadership, and ArtChapter 12 The Mis-underestimation of the Value of Aesthetics in Public EducationPart 13 Culture and Democratic EducationChapter 14 Leadership and Democracy: Creating Inclusive SchoolsChapter 15 Education for Democratic Culture—Cultural Democracy: Taking a Critical Pragmatic TurnPart 16 Freedom and Democratic EducationChapter 17 Learning Walks Away: The Erasure of Democracy from EducationChapter 18 Transforming the School into a Democratically Practiced PlaceChapter 19 On the Corruption of Democracy and EducationPart 20 Democracy and Democratic Vistas of EducationChapter 21 Creating Democratic RelationshipsChapter 22 Scholar-Practitioner Leadership: Revitalizing the Democratic Ideal in American Schools and SocietyChapter 23 Coda: Dewey's Democracy and Education: Realizing New Vistas of Democratic Education

Patrick M. Jenlink is professor of doctoral studies in the Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership and Director of the Educational Research Center at Stephen F. Austin State University.

In this new collection scholar-practitioner leaders from universities and schools across the United States join forces to undertake the most important work there is—'imagining and realizing a more functional democratic society' (Preface). The vistas of democratic places they invite us into are wide-ranging and pragmatically anchored in John Dewey's enduring philosophy democratic education. You will walk away from this text more critically informed and better prepared for the complex challenges that infuse our schools, classrooms, and lives.

• Part 1 Leadership and Democratic EducationChapter 2 Introduction: Dewey's Democracy and Education RevisitedChapter 3 Dewey's Legacy for Democratic Education and Leadership—Democracy and Education RevisitedChapter 4 Democracy and Education Revisited: A Continuing Leadership AgendaPart 5 Social Foundations and Democratic EducationChapter 6 The Criteria of Good Aims and the Idea of the Curriculum StandardChapter 7 What Kind of Democracy Should Public Schools Promote? A Challenge for Educational Leaders in a No Child Left Behind EnvironmentChapter 8 Democratic Foundations of Social EducationChapter 9 John Dewey: Still Ahead of His TimePart 10 Aesthetics and Democratic EducationChapter 11 Dewey, Democratic Leadership, and ArtChapter 12 The Mis-underestimation of the Value of Aesthetics in Public EducationPart 13 Culture and Democratic EducationChapter 14 Leadership and Democracy: Creating Inclusive SchoolsChapter 15 Education for Democratic Culture—Cultural Democracy: Taking a Critical Pragmatic TurnPart 16 Freedom and Democratic EducationChapter 17 Learning Walks Away: The Erasure of Democracy from EducationChapter 18 Transforming the School into a Democratically Practiced PlaceChapter 19 On the Corruption of Democracy and EducationPart 20 Democracy and Democratic Vistas of EducationChapter 21 Creating Democratic RelationshipsChapter 22 Scholar-Practitioner Leadership: Revitalizing the Democratic Ideal in American Schools and SocietyChapter 23 Coda: Dewey's Democracy and Education: Realizing New Vistas of Democratic Education