After reading through the first paragraphs or so of a few different articles I came upon one that seemed to concisely boil down the tenets of the idea of 'social justice within a classroom'. It is actually the introduction to a larger book that I was unable to find, but this intro was available through rethinkingschools.org.
It touched on a lot of the same things that we have been discussing in class lately: open discussions in a safe and supportive environment, being critical thinkers of everything, and academically rigorous. They did have a few other topics that were to be discussed in ensuing chapters, but I found to be quite helpful in making myself think about the classroom.
They mentioned how the classroom needs to "experiential" and active. The more the students are engaged with more than just sitting in seats and need to move around and interact with every other student in the classroom. The editors also write about how we want to invite students to become activists in the community and world. While it is not our job to show them specific organizations and causes, we do want to show them they can make a difference in the world at large.
This was an interesting introduction and I think the book would be a good read as well.
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