Vol. 17 No. 2 (2026)

This issue of Critical Education includes translation of a lecture given by Paulo Freire at a 1967 conference held in Santiago under the sponsorship of the Organization of American States, the government of Chile, and the University of Chile. Scholars from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, and The Netherlands contribute articles on education of justice-involved youth; pedagogies of resistance; Gen-AI solutionism; white privilege in teacher hiring policies; how the rise of anti-wokeness upholds and nourishes systemic oppression; and former students' experiences in Sudbury model schools, which emphasize student autonomy, egalitarian relationships, and minimal hierarchy. In addition, there are reviews of books by Henry A. Giroux (Revised edition of Teachers as Intellectuals) and Marc Spooner and James McNinch (Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities).