Learning for Justice magazine, articles and publications (curriculum, guides, reports and other resources) promote dialogue, advocacy and action to address current social justice education challenges, combat hate and bias, and strengthen democracy.
Dialogue Across Difference
Dialogue skills can develop foundational capacity for civic engagement and collective action to strengthen our democracy. The heart of dialogue is not in speaking to convince but rather in active listening and questioning to understand one another.
The Promise of Building Bridges
The UCLA Dialogue Across Difference Initiative offers a model to foster a culture of meaningful exchange, empathy and critical thinking in education and communities.
Child Hunger Should Concern Us All
Ensuring food security for all children is a national responsibility that should cut across political divides.
Latest Articles
Understanding How Schools Are Labeled
What goes into the process of labeling schools, and how reliable are those labels — especially when a school is labeled as “failing”? This is the second of three articles on public schools as a common good, which explore the possibilities and threats to public education.
School Vouchers and the Efforts to Undermine Public Education
Vouchers are part of a broader effort to dismantle public schools, moving public taxpayer funds into private for-profit institutions. This is the third of three articles on public schools as a common good, which explore the possibilities and threats to public education.
Why Public Schools Matter
Public schools are an ideal and vital mechanism for achieving a thriving democracy. This is the first of three articles on public schools as a common good, which explore the possibilities and threats to public education.
Becoming a Village
This family-school-community partnerships model emphasizes a liberatory, whole-child approach and collective effort to nurturing all our children.
Protect LGBTQ+ Progress Toward Equality
Recognizing that LGBTQ+ equality is interconnected with the fundamental rights of all people is essential in strengthening our shared democracy.