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The Educational Forum approaches its 75th year as the cornerstone publication of Kappa Delta Pi.

Kappa Delta Pi’s premiere academic journal — The Educational Journal — made its first appearance in November 1936. That first issue was jam-packed with articles, studies, essays and even poems from leading educators across America.

History tells us those first issues were packed so full because of doubts about the future, fueled by the Great Depression. There may have been doubt about starting an academic journal in the depths of an economic depression, but educators and researchers have kept the journal strong for more than seven decades. >>>

Inside the Current Issue

April-June 2010
Volume 74                          Number 2

Call for Manuscripts
Editorial Statement

Research Reports
Keys to Successful Leadership: High Support for Capable and Versatile Principals
By Monika Törnsén

Providing Anchors–Reclaiming Our Troubled Youth: Lessons for Leaders from a Study of 15 Targeted School Shooters
By Ann Marie C. Lenhardt, Melissa L. Farrell, and Lemuel W. Graham

The Status of Civic Education: A Preservice Program Response
By James K. Daly, Roberta Devlin-Scherer, Greer Burroughs, and William McCartan

Essays
Adding without Contradiction: The Challenge of Opening Up Interracial Dialogue
By Aaron Castelán Cargile

Leading Schools with Reverence
By A.G. Rud and Jim Garrison

International Students and Transformative Learning in a Multicultural Formal Educational Context
By Aixa A. Ritz