NJEA Partnership

The New Jersey Education Association, with more than 200,000 members, is the second largest state association in the NEA, behind California. It has long been recognized as a powerful force […]

California’s Wildfires: Teach Climate Justice Now

The massive wildfires in the Los Angeles area have been unspeakably horrific. Our hearts go out to all of the residents and their loved ones who face tragic loss.

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Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.

Teaching for Climate Justice: My Top 10 List

Bill Bigelow

Bigelow recommends 10 essential elements of a robust climate justice curriculum.

Why We Need to Teach the History of the Environmental Justice Movement

Tim Swinehart

A high school social studies teacher discusses ways to teach the rich history of multiracial, community-based environmental organizing in the United States.

“Starcups Workers Unite!” — Students Learn Their Workplace Rights

Nicolle Fefferman

The director of the Young Workers Education Project describes a high school simulation based on recent Starbucks workers’ organizing.

Table Talk: An IEP Meeting — from the Other Side

Anne Smith

A Black elementary teacher recounts her experience as a caregiver in an IEP meeting.

Israeli Apartheid: A Simulation

Orange Bags, Green Bags, Red Bags, Blue Bags

Suzanna Kassouf

A high school teacher and co-editor of Teaching Palestine details a classroom simulation revealing some of the inequities Palestinians face throughout Israel and the Occupied Territories.

Excerpts from Teaching Palestine’s Poetry Teaching Guide

Linda Christensen

In this excerpt from Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices, Christensen offers teaching ideas for several poems in the book.

“Superachievers” vs. “Super Predators”: How the Racist Love of the Model Minority Is Weaponized Against Black and Asian American Students

Wayne Au

Au summarizes the emergence of the Model Minority myth and its weaponization against Asian Americans and other people of color, and argues for abandoning the stereotype in favor of solidarity.