The Jobs of Tomorrow
A “reality check” on some of the statements in IBM chief Louis Gerstner’s keynote speech to the National Education Summit.
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The Politics of Biological Determinism
What argument against social change could be more effective than the claim that established orders exist as an accurate reflection of innate intellectual capacities?
Websites on Media Literacy and Advertising
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What Do We Need to Know Now?
A look at issues of “race,” identity, and hegemony, and what they mean for education.
Why I Said No to Coca-Cola
A Colorado school board member explains why he opposed a lucrative contract between local schools and Coca-Cola.
“Aren’t There Any Poor Gay People Besides Me?”
A teacher redesigns her curriculum to support a gay student. As the classroom community strengthens, they confront the impact of poverty and geographic isolation.
Civil Disobedience
When a substitute is insensitive to a fragile student, her classmates look to Thoreau for inspiration about how to respond.
Creando el mito de Mandela
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Desobediencia civil
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A Visit to a Religious Elementary School
A close-up look at one religious school in Milwaukee that receives voucher funding, which advocates integrating faith in Jesus Christ with the content and process of all learning.
Advertising the Truth
Classroom exercises that help students explore the social and environmental consequences of endless consumption.
Advertising the Truth
A parent reflects on his fourth-grade daughter and California’s statewide testing.
Channel One Enters the Media Literacy Movement
Debate swirls as Channel One, renowned for bringing advertising into schools, enters the media literacy movement.
Vouchers: Church/State Complexities
A look at the contradictions that arise when public dollars are given to private religious schools.
Diseases Laud Kansas Decision
A satiric look at the Kansas Board Of Education’s decision to drop evolution from the state standards. The decision is applauded by one group sure to benefit: viral diseases happy to see fewer evolutionary biologists being prepared to go out there gunning for them.
Educators and the Fight for Public Media
A look at the historic struggle between public and private interests for control of the U.S. media, and why this fight has set the tone for ongoing battles over who will control our society.
In My Father’s Kitchen
In the second of two stories mentioned in “Sweet Learning,” the author recounts the life lessons she has learned as her father “makes magic” in their kitchen.
Legislation Calls for Access and Accountability
A bill introduced in October by state Rep. Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee) seeks to increase access to the voucher schools by the public, including the media.
Masks of Global Exploitation
Teaching about advertising and the real world.
Mi abuelita
The first of two stories Linda Christensen discusses with students, as described in “Sweet Learning.” The author reflects on his arrival in the United States at age 6 and how his grandmother has helped him learn what it means to be a “real man.”
No Comment 14.2
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Producing Consumers Essay
A Rethinking Schools Student Assignment: suggested guidelines (with a checklist) for writing an essay about the video The Ad and the Ego
References and Selected Bibliography
Companion to “What do We Need to Know Now”
No Comment 15.1
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Shorts 14.4
African American and Latino youth are treated far more harshly than white youths when facing the juvenile justice system, according to a new report