PURPOSE OF THE REJOINDER SECTION

We invite readers to respond to any of the articles that appear in this journal. Because conversation takes place over time and builds on itself, this feature of our journal will be ongoing and readers are encouraged to submit responses to articles appearing in the current issue as well as any past issue. The Rejoinder Section will continue to put up new responses as long as the conversation continues on a topic. Please note that these responses are intended to be carefully thought-out analyses on some point made by the authors. Unlike a discussion forum, these papers will also undergo a refereed process.

Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 2006: Liberty and Equality: Conflicting Values in the Public Schools of a Liberal Democratic Society

The Purpose and Power of the First Amendment: A Response to Hildon and Colitti
Daniel Larner
Western Washington University

About the Authors – Volume 1 Number 1

 

Volume 2, Number 1, Winter 2007: Jonathan Kozol's Nation of Shame Forty Years Later

Toward a Critical Race Pedagogy of Hope: A Rejoinder to Brian Schultz
By Sherick A. Hughes
The University of Maryland

OPPOSING ANALYSES OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION OF JUNE 28, 2007 ON THE PICS v. SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT DECISION 

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. l: Racial Imbalance is not Segregation
Sonya D. Jones and Erin N. Ramsey
Pacific Legal Foundation 

Eviscerating the Legacy of Brown in PICS v. Seattle
Brett Rubio
American Civil Liberties Union

U.S. Supreme Court Decision
 - Dec. 4, 2006 - Oral Arguments
 - June 28, 2007 - U.S. Supreme Court Decision

See a video from the spring Forum on Volume 2 Number 1 issue of the Journal of Educational Controversy 

Does Race Still Matter in America's Public Schools?  Race, Seattle Schools and the U.S. Supreme Court
May 2, 2007: 9th Annual Educational Law and Social Justice Forum
6:30-8:30 Miller Hall 163

View a video of a discussion with a panel of lawyers, administrators, teachers, students and community members who talk about the highly influential U.S. Supreme Court case, PICS v. Seattle School District. This forum occurred before the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision. Most panelists have published articles in the Volume 2 Number 1 issue of the Journal of Educational Controversy.  Two of the panelists, Sonya Jones and Brett Rubio,  have also written an analysis of the U. S. Supreme Court decision that was decided on June 28, 2007 for this rejoinder section. (see above)

Click here to view video of this event

Panelists:
Andrew Griffin, Assistant Superintendent, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington State (OSPI)
Thelma Jackson, African American Think Tank
Sonya Jones, Pacific Legal Foundation
Brett Rubio, American Civil Liberties Union
Bruce Bivins, Principal, West Side High School (former Assistant Principal of Franklin High School)
David Engle, Principal, Squalicum High School (former Principal of Ballard High School)
Rachel Bjarnason, WWU student who was bused from Ballard to Franklin High School

About the Authors – Volume 2 Number 1