This collection illuminates some of the issues surrounding systemic violence in education, exposing the structures and processes of the schools and examining the effects of these structures on students. Part 1 concerns systemic violence in administrative practice; and Part 2 discusses systemic violence in pedagogical practice. Part 3 of the collection focuses on the effects of systemic violence on teachers; and Part 4 suggests changes to combat systemic violence. The following papers are included: (1) "Administrative Complicity and Systemic Violence in Education" (Ailsa M. Watkinson); (2) "Authority, Pedagogy, and Violence" (Juanita Ross Epp); (3) "Who Knows? Who Cares? Schools and Coordinated Action on Child Abuse" (Rosonna Tite); (4) "Opening Spaces: Examining the Blocks" (Pam Whitty); (5) "Video Games: Playing on a Violent Playground" (Linda Watson-Ellam); (6) "Discourses and Silencing in Classroom Space" (Mutindi Ndunda); (7) "Lethal Labels: Miseducative Discourse about Educative Experiences" (Sandra Monteath and Karyn Cooper) and "The Other Side of Labeling" (Linda Rossler); (8) "The Family Romance and the Student-Centered Classroom" (Lisa Jadwin); (9) "Disrupting the Code of Silence: Investigating Elementary Students Sexually Harassing Their Teachers" (Elizabeth Richards); (10) "Learning from the Learning Place: Case Studies of Harassment in a Post-Secondary Institution" (Catharine E. Warren); (11) "Systemic Violence: Linking Women's Stories, Education, and Abuse" (Laura Ho, Kathie Webb, and Anne Hughson); (12) "Personal Reconstruction: When Systemic Violence Stops" (Myrna Yuzicapi); and (13) "Addressing Systemic Violence in Education" (Ailsa M. Watkinson and Juanita Ross Epp). Each chapter contains references. (Contains five tables.) (SLD)