• Op-Ed Essays and Reactions


With Volume 29, Number 3 JCS introduced an 'Op-Ed section' and the papers from this section are now available on this site.

The American Heritage Dictionary defines 'Op-Ed' as 'A newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features articles expressing personal viewpoints'. JCS is not a newspaper and we do not run editorials -- but for some time we have wanted to allow a place for papers expressing more personal views on curriculum than are (perhaps) compatible with the 'paper' that is our staple.

We invite our readers to begin a conversation which focuses the JCS Op-Ed papers by

Such comments will be posted here and, along with proposals for future Op-Ed essays, should be directed to Ian Westbury, General editor, at westbury@uiuc.edu


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