War Made Visible
From language arts to math to science to social studies, the school curriculum teaches young people what to think about. But it also teaches young people what not to think […]
Community Building as World Building
An early elementary teacher details an engineering unit. Students design a model community — with no police or banks — in which everyone gets what they need.
Getting to the Why: Service Learning for Social Justice
An equity coach argues for the importance of service learning for social justice and describes how elementary teachers she worked with developed a project around hunger.
If I Could Rewind That Morning
A former 5th-grade paraprofessional reflects on how racism shaped a student-teacher interaction in a classroom that also fostered trust, joy, and exploration.
The Takeover of Houston Public Schools
Miller critically examines the state takeover of Houston’s public schools and its new superintendent’s dystopian vision for education reform.
Books Aren’t Enough to Challenge Rape Culture
A high school English teacher describes how she encouraged students to disrupt and speak out against rape culture while reading the novel Speak.
Five Ways Textbooks Lie About Reconstruction
The Zinn Education Project’s Mimi Eisen critiques commonly used U.S. history textbooks’ coverage of Reconstruction.
“Yes, Sir!” — Turning Students into Soldiers
A review of Breaking the War Habit by Seth Kershner, Scott Harding, and Charles Howlett
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Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
Baltimore Students Fight for Climate Justice — and Their Own Lives
Bigelow discusses a recent episode of the NPR podcast Code Switch focused on student organized climate victory in Baltimore.
