Number 20: Fall 2001

Cover art by Kurt Vargo

In this issue: a community museum reaches out to schools, a drama education specialists takes on nuclear testing, a language arts teacher and his students dissect hate on the Internet, and much, much more.

Departments

The Straight Story

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on governmental executions.

Feature Articles

Dialogue of Freedom

Asian voices challenge cultural assumptions
about democracy

Belief In Action

Explorations of faiths at school

Class Assignment

Can socioeconomic diversity restore the promise of school integration?

A Bridge in Binghamton

A community museum reaches out to schools and families

The Rhetoric of Hate

An AP English class unmasks racist propaganda on the Internet

Popcorn From the Sky

The story of people whose lives are forever changed by a test bomb gets lost in seas of misunderstanding, political posturing and classified paperwork.

What's In a Word?

Elementary students learn a lesson in the language of respect.