Introduction to the Critical Childhood Policy Issues Section

Authors

  • Beth Blue Swadener Arizona State University

Abstract

A short introduction to the Critical Childhood Policy Issues Section with two short articles focusing on attacks on DEI and academic freedom in the USA.

Author Biography

Beth Blue Swadener, Arizona State University

Beth Blue Swadener is Co-Editor of the International Critical Childhood Policy Studies journal and Editor of the Critical Childhood Policy Issues section of the journal.  She is Professor Emerita in the School of Social Transformations at the Arizona State University.

Downloads

Published

2026-03-22

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2025): Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education: Turning to Hope, Making Sanctuaries, Janice Kroeger and Iris Berger (Eds.)

Section

Critical Childhood Policy Section

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Those reproducing all or part of manuscripts first published in the journal are asked to acknowledge the International Critical Childhood Policy Studies Journal.