The title Human Rights Education: The Fourth R derives from a belief that teaching of human rights is as basic as teaching the traditional three Rs. The Fourth R should occupy as central a place in the curriculum as reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Nancy Flowers
Curriculum Coordinator
Amnesty International USA
Ed O�Brien
National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law
Betty Reardon
Decade for Human Rights Education
Kristi Rudelius-Palmer
University of Minnesota Human Rights Center
Janet Schmidt
Chair- Amnesty International USA Human
Rights Educators' Network
David Shiman
University of Vermont Center for World Education
Laurie Wiseberg
Human Rights Internet
Thanks to Maria Baldini, Lisa Cramer, Liz Norlin, and Mary Thacker for their help in preparing this edition of The Fourth R. A publication of Amnesty International USA Human Rights Educators� Network. Editorial Offices: AI USA Human Rights Educators� Network, 53 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 1162, Chicago, IL, 60604-3606 U.S.; and Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota, 439 Law Center, 229-19th Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
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