BOOK REVIEW: We the People
Voices of A People’s History of the United StatesHoward Zinn and Anthony Arnove eds.(Seven Stories Press, 2004) 665 pp. $18.95. In an article called “Unsung Heroes,” excerpted in Rethinking Our Classrooms, […]
Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice resources 19.2
Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
Short Stuff 19.2
Teacher Wins Suit Bill Nevins recently won a $205,000 settlement from the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. The district did not renew his contract after his students read […]
Student Voices 19.2
Pro Wings I grasped my seashell blue Jellies and walked over to my bed. I laid them down on my bedspread as if burying a wounded soldier. Their sides had […]
Strange Stuff 19.2
6-year-old Tasered Police in Miami-Dade used a taser (stun gun) on a 6-year-old boy who was wielding a piece of glass in a school office and threatening to hurt himself. […]
Syllabus: Introduction to Schooling in a Diverse Society
EDUC 008: Introduction to Schooling in A Diverse Society Fall 2004 Instructor: Dr. Terry BurantOffice: Schroeder Health Complex #189Office #: 288-6772Department of EDPL office #: 288-7375Email: terry.burant@marquette.edu Office Hours:Wednesdays 2-4 […]
Getting Back on Track
How can teachers begin to change the narrative of our nation’s founding— indeed, the way in which all history is told? We can’t wait for textbooks to catch on and […]
BOOK REVIEWS: Commercialized Kids/Born to Buy
Consuming Kids: The HostileTakeover of ChildhoodBy Susan Linn.(New Press, 2004)288 pp. $24.95 hardback. Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer CultureBy Juliet Schor (Scribner, 2004)276 pp. $24.95 […]
Testing Errors Plague Industry
Lawyers expect their children to do well in school. When the daughter of a Minnesota attorney failed the math portion of the state test in May 2000, her father asked […]
Good Stuff 19.2
Hotel workers are currently on strike in San Francisco, and many of the students I work with have family or family friends on the line. We talk about the strike […]
Letters to the Editors 19.2
Standards Challenge Status Quo Christine E. Sleeter makes some valid criticisms of the California History-Social Science Framework and Standards in “Standardizing Imperialism” (Vol. 19, No. 2). The framework could certainly […]
Four More Years-of Resistance
George W. Bush may still be president of the United States, but he’s still not president of our curriculum.
Moving Beyond Judgment
My dirty little secret: I don't grade papers
The celebrated language-arts teacher comes clean” on why she hasn’t graded a student paper in 28 years.”
With Math, It’s Like You Have More Defense
Students use math to investigate and affect overcrowding at their school
Students use mathematics to investigate and affect overcrowding at their school.
The Hero’s Human Heart
Teaching Julia Alvarez's In the Time of Butterflies
In the Time of Butterflies” by Julia Alzarez
New Kids on the Block
Fifth graders use Judy Blume's novel Iggie's House to think about racism, anti-racism, and the importance of acting for justice
Fifth graders use Judy Blume’s novel Iggie’s House to think about racism, anti-racism and the importance of acting for justice.
My Year with Nike
A Story of Corporate Sponsorship, Branding, and Ethics in Public Schools
The author, who teaches in Nike’s hometown of Beaverton, Oregon, recounts a year of troubling field trips sponsored by the corporate giant.
All Work and No Play
How educational reforms are hurting our preschoolers
How education reforms and the accountability” movement are hurting our nation’s youngest children.”
Cyber Tots
Debate rages among parents and educators as to whether and how computers should be used with young children. Thus far, however, public discussion of technology has skirted important questions of […]
Teaching in Black and White
Two college-level educators make race central to their teaching - by teaching together.
Two college-level educators make race central to their teaching-by teaching together.
Re-examining the Revolution
What's the harm in celebrating the myths of our nation's founders? Plenty.
Giving a nod to multiculturalism is not the same as getting the story of the American Revolution right.
Testing Companies Mine for Gold
There's gold in them there tests.
The Bush testing craze has test makers raking in the green with almost no questions asked.
My Mother’s Spanish
Embracing English doesn’t have to mean leaving your family’s first language behind.
Youth Speak Out Against War, Recruitment
Students in Boulder, Colorado occupy their high school overnight.
No Child Left Untested: Testing Tots
Why we need a better means of evaluating our nation's youngest children
Testing Tots – Even 4-year-olds are being subjected to inappropriate assessment, and lots of it.
