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A new stage for Thinking Classroom and Peremena It is our pleasure to announce that beginning in 2006, ownership of Thinking Classroom and Peremena will be transferred from the International Reading Association (IRA) to the Open Society Institute (OSI), with editorial management by the Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking (RWCT) Consortium, headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. This transfer is a homecoming of sorts. The journal was begun in Lithuania in 1999 under the auspices of OSI as a way to foster the vigorous and fascinating conversations that began when teachers from Ohio worked with teachers from the Czech Republic, and university researchers from the University of Tbilisi (in the Republic of Georgia) collaborated with researchers from the University of Georgia (in the U.S. state of Georgia). Teachers who had taught writing to students from Kosovo wanted to share their methods with teachers who had taught in urban neighborhoods in Detroit, Edinburgh, and London. The goal was to work in many languages using twin publications, the Russian-language Peremena and the English-language Thinking Classroom, as the thread from which local professional development materials could be created, adapted, and comfortably worn. In 2001 the Board of Directors of IRA voted to incorporate Thinking Classroom/Peremena into the Association's journal publishing program. This move brought stability to the editorial work and production of the journals and allowed the Editors to concentrate on developing a vision that would drive the expansion of the audience and author base. Today thousands of teaching professionals read the journals, and submissions have been received from over 30 different countries. The journal has successfully provided an international forum for teachers, teacher educators, researchers, and others. TC/P now offers global perspectives and research-based educational methods across a range of learner-centered teaching strategies. Articles selected for publication maintain a balance between the theoretical and the practical, addressing issues related to critical and creative thinking, active and cooperative learning, problem solving, and alternative assessments. The next stage in the life of the journal (or journals) is in fact a continuation of its original reason for being—to promote inquiry-based and student-centered teaching and learning worldwide. OSI/ RWCT's leadership will sustain the development of TC/P as a premier international publication that talks explicitly about the relations between teaching and citizenship in emerging democracies—or in old democracies where ways of living together in open societies are taken for granted but shouldn't be. Using RWCT's vast network, we hope to extend even further the journal's scope and reach. The publication will also maintain close ties with Critical Thinking International, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation representing trainers and curriculum writers from the RWCT project, now making new friends for both the RWCT project and the journal in Africa and in Central and South America. As Executive Director of IRA and Director of OSI's education initiatives we wish to thank all who have contributed to the success of these journals. Scholarly publications of this quality are a result of collaborative efforts between authors, reviewers, editors, publishers, and, finally, readers. We look forward to your participation in the continuing success of these journals as subscribers and authors. Alan E. Farstrup, Executive Director, International Reading Association
Elizabeth Lorant, Director, Children and Youth Programs, Open Society Institute
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