Educating Tomorrow's Valuable Citizen

<p>The authors discuss the dilemmas that face those who would educate tomorrow's valuable citizens and describe the day-to-day commitment needed to maintain a community. Important questions are asked: How do our public schools educate children to become members of our particular public? What problems face citizens of a democracy committed to both pluralism and equity? How has the meaning of citizenship changed as our society has evolved? In a world made interdependent through technology how can one best define citizenship?</p><p>The book's various perspectives provide guidelines for action through examples of current programs and the reader is invited to join new forums to discuss questions raised-forums that allow for heated but civil disagreement. Only by engaging in such discussions can a public consensus be reached on the best ways to educate for tomorrow.</p><p>Contributors include John Covaleskie Ellen Giarelli James Giarelli Jerilyn Fay Kelle Thomas Mauhs-Pugh Barbara McEwan Mary B. Stanley Donald Warren and Zeus Yiamouyiannis.</p>