In this issue, we consider how we are to fulfill the traditional moral imperative of our schools -- to create a public capable of sustaining the life of a democracy.  How do we do this in an age of the Patriot Act and similar anti-terrorism legislation in other countries, NSA surveillance, extraordinary rendition, preemptive wars, enemy combatants -- all likely to involve violations of civil rights and liberties and a curtain of government secrecy?  What story do we tell our young about who we are, who we have been, and who we are becoming?  How do we educate children about their identity in this global world?  What sense are they to make of the "imperial" democracy they are inheriting?  Is our new political environment a fundamental break with the past or an extension of longstanding trends?   What are the implications of these forces for the education of the young on the foundations of our democracy and our collective identity? 

We invite authors to submit papers that will illuminate the many dimensions of this issue.

We also welcome book reviews on books with similar themes.

MANUSCRIPTS DUE: JUNE 30, 2007
PUBLICATION DATE: WINTER 2008