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Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy

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2004 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to end segregation in public schools. Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America’s public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the litigation, exclaimed later, “I was so happy, I was numb…. More >>

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Power, Voice and the Public Good: Schooling and Education in Global Societies

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Three themes underpin the tripartite structure of Power, Voice, and the Public Good: the definitional and theoretical underpinnings of globalization; the ubiquitous nature and topical display of globalization; and the possibilities of understanding, redefining and rethinking aspects of globalization with the backdrop of issues that relate to education, and the pursuit of public good. A plethora of examples show how education and schooling respond to and are driven b… More >>

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