Jennifer BauduyWith the backing of a new civic education exchange program, groups across Latin America are collaborating to promote education for democracy in their countries.338Surfing the Net

Molly W. Andolina, Krista Jenkins, Cliff Zukin, and Scott KeeterWhile studies show that civically engaged youth are more likely to become politically involved adults, the authors show that there is more than one way to stimulate such engagement. 340

Jolene Chu and Donna P. Couper In 1935, two Jehovah’s Witness school children refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, a battle they took all the way to the Supreme Court. Sixty years later, the role of the Pledge of Allegiance in our nation’s schools remains a hotly debated issue. 333

Charles C. Haynes and Sam ChaltainSchools around the country are joining a reform initiative based on First Amendment principles; students and other members of each school community are having an unprecedented voice in shaping life at their institutions. 327

Rachel Yarnell ThompsonThis retrospective on the Marshall Plan for post-World War II Europe offers an assessment of a successful U.S. reconstruction program that benefited both the donor and the recipients.322

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Choices Education Program, Watson Institute, Brown UniversityThis lesson plan enables students to explore divergent policy alternatives on handling post-war Iraq.

Stuart Phipps and Susan AdlerThe authors respond to charges that NCSS has downplayed history’s role in the curriculum.300In Focus: Iraq

Prepared by the Staff of Social EducationLeading NCSS members reveal the effects of No Child Left Behind on their schools and their classroom teaching.296