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Rethinking Islamophobia

A Muslim educator and curriculum developer questions whether religious literacy is an effective antidote to combat bigotries rooted in American history

Alison Kysia

The increasing violence against Muslims, Sikhs, South Asians, and others targeted as Muslim, suggests we, as Americans, are becoming less tolerant and need educational interventions that move beyond post-9/11 teaching strategies that emphasize our peacefulness or oversimplify our histories, beliefs, and rituals in ways that often lead to further stereotyping.

As an Arab American Muslim Mother, Here Is the Education I Want for My Children

Nina Shoman-Dajani

A Palestinian American mother describes the alienation that she felt in school, and how she draws on her experiences to imagine the schooling she wants for her children.

What We Learned from Our “Oakland to Gaza” K–12 Teach-In

Members of the Oakland Education Association for Palestine Group

Educators in Oakland share the dramatic story of what happened when they organized a teach-in for Palestine.

Save Arab American Studies!

Educators Fight for Authentic Ethnic Studies

Jody Sokolower

At first it seemed that ethnic studies advocates had won a major victory in California, but then a backlash targeted Arab American studies.

Silenced in the Classroom

Seth Wessler

The saga of New York’s Khalil Gibran Academy

I’m a Muslim High School Student. I Fear Texas’ New Bible-Infused Curriculum.

Marium Zahra

A high school student criticizes Texas’ new reading and language arts elementary school curriculum that encourages teachers to bring Christianity into classrooms.

The Morning After The Morning After

The following is from the book Forever After: New York City Teachers on 9/11. The book is dedicated "To the NYC teachers of 9/11 who kept our children safe... and to teachers everywhere whose stories of day-to-day commitment are seldom told." In the selection below, Michelle Fine describes the issues faced by U.S. Muslim-American youth following not only 9/11 but the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Michelle Fine

Michelle Fine describes the issues faced by U.S. Muslim-American youth following not only 9/11 but the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Arranged Marriages, Rearranged Ideas

Stan Karp

One teacher’s efforts to deal with the issues and value judgments raised by a student whose culture calls for arranged marriages.

Palestine Teaching Resources

Our thoughts on essential resources for teaching about Palestine.

Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice resources 35.4

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

Standardizing Imperialism

Christine Sleeter

A look at how California’s standards discourage students from looking critically at U.S. foreign policy, and implicitly teach imperialism.

Love for Syria

Tackling World Crises with Small Children

Cami Touloukian

A teacher wrestles with explaining refugee crises, dictators, and the trauma of war to her 1st- and 2nd- grade classroom.

Inclusivity is Not a Guessing Game

Chelsea Vaught

An elementary teacher tells how she works to include her Muslim students in the life of her classroom. “We can use or create curriculum and projects that allow students to learn about and incorporate their culture and religious practices if they want to. We can be deliberate in including, making space for, and recognizing our students in all aspects of their identities. Making schools inclusive doesn’t have to be a guessing game.”

“We Will Remain Standing on This Land and Teach”

Nina Shoman-Dajani

Book Review: Determined to Stay, by Jody Sokolower. Reviewed by Nina Shoman-Dajani

Resources 20.1

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

Creating Bias Detectives, Blowing Up Stereotypes, and Writing Essays that Matter

Linda Christensen

“Part of the work of teaching students to read is teaching them to question not only the written word, but also the author,” Christensen writes in her article about teaching students how to confront writers whose stories erase the full truth and misrepresent people and places.

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