Nicholas M. Michelli is Professor of Education at Johns Hopkins University and Presidential Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York, USA.

Tina J. Jacobowitz is Professor Emeritus at Montclair State University, USA.

Stacey Campo is Senior Research Advisor with the National Center for Community Schools and Consultant with M. Fletcher and Associates, USA.

Diana Jahnsen is a Special Education Psychologist with the Surrey School District in British Columbia, Canada.

Foreword

Laura Flores Shaw

Preface and Acknowledgements

Nicholas M. Michelli and Tina J. Jacobowitz

List of Contributors

Chapter 1: Education for Social Justice

Nicholas M. Michelli, Tina J. Jacobowitz, Stacey Campo, and Diana Jahnsen

Chapter 2: Civic Education

Nicholas M. Michelli, Stacey Campo, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Diana Jahnsen

Chapter 3: Discrimination and Repression: Slavery, Segregation, Racism, Antisemitism, and Their Relation to Democracy

Nicholas M. Michelli, Stacey Campo, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Diana Jahnsen

Chapter 4: College Going and the Effect of Race and Other Factors

Nicholas M. Michelli, Stacey Campo, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Diana Jahnsen

Chapter 5: Responsive Teaching for Access to Knowledge

Nicholas M. Michelli, Stacey Campo, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Diana Jahnsen

Chapter 6: Supporting Mental Health in Community Schools

Stacey Campo and Diana Jahnsen

Chapter 7: Informal Learning and the Role of Parents

Nicholas M. Michelli, Stacey Campo, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Diana Jahnsen

Chapter 8: Summary, Essentially Contested Concepts, Conclusions, and Future Actions to Promote Social Justice

Nicholas M. Michelli, Diana Jahnsen, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Stacey Campo

Index

Education for Social Justice is a statement of the role of education in promoting social justice. Drawing on research, this book explains what social justice is, presents the argument that democracy requires a commitment to social justice.