The Editors: Joseph L. DeVitis is a professor of education and human development at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Past president of the American Educational Studies Association and the Council of Learned Societies in Education, his books include Theories of Moral Development (Choice Award); Women, Culture and Morality (Peter Lang 1987); Building Bridges for Educational Reform: New Approaches to Teacher Education;Helping and Intervention; Competition in Education; School Reform in the Deep South: A Critical Appraisal (Choice Award); and The Success Ethic, Education, and the American Dream.
Robert W. Johns is an associate professor of education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He has published in such journals as Theory and Research in Social Education, Art Education, Social Education, and Educational Studies, principally in the areas of teaching history, civic and global education, and school reform. He contributed the chapter, «Bill Clinton and Arkansas: Can Political Leaders Reform Schools?» in School Reform in the Deep South (David J. Vold and Joseph L. DeVitis, eds.).
Douglas J. Simpson is a professor and dean of education at Texas Christian University. President of the Council of Learned Societies in Education and the Society of Professors of Education, his books include The Pedagodfathers, The Teacher as Philosopher, and The Educated Person. He has published in such journals as Educational Foundations, Educational Studies, Teacher Education Quarterly, Journal of Teacher Education, The Teacher Educator, Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, Negro Educational Review, British Journal of Educational Studies, International Education, and Journal of Thought.