What Do You Mean When You Say Urban?
“Urban” has become one of a series of euphemisms for African American and Latina/o students. What preconceptions hide behind the language?
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The New Model of Teacher Evaluation
Remember The Magic School Bus? According to D.C.s new teacher evaluation system, even a teacher who takes her students to the moon is less than “effective.”
Schools and the New Jim Crow
The author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness applies her thought-provoking analysis to children, schools, and priorities for education activism.
Arresting Development
The author of Lockdown High: When the Schoolhouse Becomes a Jailhouse reviews the history, impact, and future of zero tolerance policies.
The Classroom to Prison Pipeline
A master teacher faces a classroom revolt. She realizes that, no matter how imminent the high-stakes test, stopping the school-to-prison pipeline begins in the classroom with student-centered, meaningful curriculum.
Haniyah’s Story
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Teaching Haniyah
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Chicago’s Peace Warriors
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Teaching the Prison Industrial Complex
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Candles in April
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Teaching Budget Cuts to Third Graders
A Milwaukee 3rd-grade teacher uses Martin’s Big Words to explain that social change can take a very long time.
Declassified – Struggle for Existence (We Used to Eat Lunch Together)
Declassified is a student-created play about a NYC school closure. When administrators try to shut the play down, a viral protest lets the show go on.
Tiger Moms and the Model Minority Myth
The media splash around Amy Chuas writings about Chinese mothers exploits Asian stereotypes, exacerbating racial tensions and creating additional obstacles for vulnerable youth.
Te Tremble – An Unnatural Disaster
Who was responsible for the enormous impact of the earthquake in Haiti? High school students use a mock trial to explore the economic, social, and political background to the tragedy.
Early Childhood Military Education?
The U.S. military advocates for early childhood education, but for all the wrong reasons.
My Failing School
A faculty boat trip becomes a metaphor for a school condemned to closure.
Testing What Matters Least
Teacher educators are disturbed by the implications of the high-stakes test for literacy specialists.
Shhh!! No Opinions in the Library
IndyKidsand kids’ right to an independent press. A current events magazine for young people, written from a social justice perspective, has to fight for space in public libraries.
Rethinking Schools and the Power of Silver
A teacher educator reflects on the impact of Rethinking Schools.
Got Coal?
Students play a game promoted by the coal industry, then dig beneath the surface to look at the realities of mountaintop removal mining.
Coal at the Movies
Video resources for the classroom, plus links to activist websites.
Science for the People
Ninth graders develop science literacy as they become neighborhood environmental experts and activists.
Who’s Bashing Teachers and Public Schools and What Can We Do About It?
To build an effective movement against the top-down strategies that are ripping public education apart, we need to take a closer look at who wants reform and why.
Keepers of the Second Throat
When Chicago stole my mother’s tongue, it also stole all her yesterdays. A poet’s lyric plea for teachers to nurture their students voices and stories.
Talking Back to the World
Student poetry about what raised me is woven into graphic art.