social issues

Social Issues is a blog maintained by the John Dewey Society's Commission on Social Issues.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Where are the Voices from the Grass Roots?

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(Cross-posted from the Journal of Educational Controversy blog ) In reading much that is printed in the mainstream media like today's ed...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

New Alberta law may chill classroom speech

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In June, the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will require teachers to notify parents whenever sexual or religious topics will be add...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Call for Reviewers

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The Journal of Educational Controversy is in the process of building a pool of reviewers to assist in evaluating future manuscripts. If you...
Monday, July 20, 2009

The Richness of Experiences

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During her confirmation hearings last week, Sonia Sotomayor repudiated her now-famous earlier statement that “I would hope that a wise Lati...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

Betting the University Endowment on the Market

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A small Canadian university, St. Francis Xavier, made the headlines last week when it revealed that it lost a staggering 43% of its $100 mil...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Supreme Court Decides Student Strip Search Case

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(Cross-posted from the Journal of Educational Controversy blog ) The U.S. Supreme Court decision on the student strip search case was announ...
Monday, June 22, 2009

Announcing the New Educational Institute for Democratic Renewal

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We have just put up a post on the Journal of Educational Controversy Blog about our newly formed Educational Institute for Democratic Renewa...
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Monday, June 8, 2009

Education for the Public Good - TED talk

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Liz Coleman of Bennington College calls for us to reinvent liberal arts education in a recently posted TED talk. This talk documents the w...
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Community as Intellectual Space, 2009

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The fifth annual Community as Intellectual Space Symposium will be held on June 12-14 at La Estancia on 2753 W. Division Street, Paseo Bori...
Sunday, May 31, 2009

Nick Burbules of Illinois on technology and education

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Two short clips on YouTube of blogger Nick Burbules being interviewed in Argentina about technology and education. Cross posted from Educat...
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