Empowering Change Through Art
A teacher educator introduces her students to labor history and makes a case for its centrality to U.S. history.
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Getting Deeper
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Letters to the Editor 29.2
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No Principles, No Progress
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Portraits from a Public School in Harlem
What happens when a vibrant community school is undermined by district policies? A story in text and photographs.
Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice education resources 29.2
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Short Stuff 29.2
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Strike!
A teacher educator introduces her students to labor history and makes a case for its centrality to U.S. history.
When Emma Goldman Entered the Room
When misogynist stereotypes emerge during a role play, a high school history teacher must decide how best to raise the issue.
“I Am a Feather”
A 5th-grade teacher uses N. Scott Momaday’s brilliant imagery to inspire his students to write metaphoric “I Am” poems.
“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.
Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice education resources 29.1
Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
Rocketship to Profits
Rocketship Education, a rapidly expanding charter school chain, shows what happens when the rich control our schools.
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.
Children With Absent Parents
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Environmental Crime on Trial
The 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill coincided with my first year of teaching modern world history at a high school in Portland, Oregon.
Mything Mandela
Kadir Nelson’s acclaimed picture book Mandela portrays Nelson Mandela as an isolated hero, ignoring the movement of which he was an integral part.
Teach For America: A Voice of Dissent
A former TFA corps member describes her experiences inside TFA, beginning with the cultlike atmosphere of the training.
’12 Years a Slave’: Breaking Silences About Slavery
A teacher educator puts the award-winning 12 Years a Slave in the context of other films used to teach about slavery.
Disarming the Nuclear Family
Most children’s books—even those with animals as the protagonists—portray families with two heterosexual parents. A 2nd-grade teacher has her students create a book that represents their own more diverse families.
Report Looks at Public And Private Schools
A recent report says when policy makers assume private schools are better than public schools, they ignore lessons that could make all schools better.
Seventeen, Self-Image, And Stereotypes
A high school teacher explains his unit on advertising and media literacy – and why some students wanted to cancel their subscriptions to Seventeen magazine.
Seventeen and Self-Image
A high school teacher explains his unit on advertising and media literacy – and why some students wanted to cancel their subscriptions to Seventeen.
Sweet Learning
Why life’s most important lessons are rarely taught in school.
Testing
A report from the National Education Summit, where governors and CEOs met this fall to press standards, high-stakes tests, and ‘rewards and consequences.’