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COVER THEME
FREE Black Like Me
A poem—and the history behind it—about being invisible, yet stereotyped, as an African American student bused to a predominantly white school.
FREE Dear White Teacher
An African American middle school teacher calls on white teachers to think before they routinely send black children to black teachers when there is a problem.
FREE Queridos maestros blancos
Una maestra afroamericana de secundaria les pide a los maestros blancos que piensen antes de mandarles los niños negros a los maestros negros cada vez que tengan un problema con ellos.
Teaching the N-Word
A white high school teacher prepares her students to read August Wilson’s Fences by leading an exploration of the n-word.
FEATURES
Rocketship to Profits
Rocketship Education, a rapidly expanding charter school chain, shows what happens when the rich control our schools.
“Aren’t You on the Parent Listserv?”
A kindergarten teacher tries to change the power imbalance between Spanish- and English-speaking parents in her classroom and school.
FREE ¿No estás registrado en la lista de correos electrónicos?
Una maestra de kínder intenta cambiar el balance de poder entre los padres hispanohablantes y angloparlantes en su salón y su escuela.
FREE The Military Invasion of My High School
A high school teacher describes the problematic impact of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at her school.
DEPARTMENTS
FREE EDITORIAL:
What it is and is not