Discusses the problem of a democratic state facing multiple educational reform movements and establishes an outer boundary for what forms of school initiatives ought to be permissible. Included are claims of certain fundamentalist parents and the racialist "Christian Identity" religion that undergirds much of the militia movement. (GR)

This examination of fundamental educational questions serves as an excellent introduction to the philosophy of education. It includes persuasive arguments for severing the consideration of education from how well it prepares citizens for the marketplace and focusing on what education does for us as human beings. (SLD)

Examines ideological sources of the conflict over students' rights, discussing how religious orthodoxy and liberal proceduralism translate themselves into antagonistic education policy prescriptions. Explores issues of students' rights and the concomitant demise of "in loco parentis," assessing the limits of liberalism's ability to mount…