‘Hurricane Vicki’
Portland’s former superintendent gets a big stage with Gates Foundation assignment.
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Polar Bears on Mission Street
San Francisco fourth graders learn about global warming and take action to save the polar bears.
Beyond Anthologies
A veteran teacher laments the trend toward mandated curriculum and argues that teachers should choose materials that address students’ lives and social issues.
Acting In and On the World
Oregon students and teachers learn life lessons by participating in the ‘Theater of the Oppressed’.
Raising Money, Raising Consciousness
A writer and mother sifts through the fund-raising business and discovers that products that educate students and consumers and reward workers.
Despair, Hope, and the Future
UCLA professor blunts anti-public school rhetoric with honest insights on education.
NCLB and the Military
California teachers take a stand against the NCLB-aided military blitz on in-school recruiting.
‘Narrow and Unlovely’
Before the floodwaters receded in New Orleans, conservative education reformers rushed in selling a market-based future.
Money, Schools, and Justice
School funding systems mirror—and reproduce—the inequality we see all around us.
Shaking Foundations
Virginia professors take on the state’s attempt to eliminate Social Foundations of Education” from required course work.”
Do Ask, Do Tell
Two Chicago educators question the premier teacher education accrediting agency’s removal of social justice and sexual orientation language from its standards.
Living Algebra, Living Wage
Eighth graders finally get what they ask for: an algebra lesson for the real world.”
Language Lessons
Using native Spanish speakers to instruct their classmates in more than just verbs and pronunciation.
Following The Flame
Teacher and students discover that even critically acclaimed literature can disenfranchise as well as empower.
Edwina Left Behind
Edwina did what was asked of her. Did Alaska do everything it could for her?
Can’t Buy Me Love
Linda Christensen gets students to write critically about clothes, class, and consumption.
Continent Ecology
Children’s books that promote environmental education in the primary grades.
Backpedaling Toward Plessy
When the Supreme Court overturned two desegregation plans, the majority opinion was based on a distortion of both programs, and of the history of desegregation in general.
‘This Madness Must Cease’
A chapter on the Vietnam War from Howard Zinn’s A Young People’s History of the United States (Vol. 2). This includes a discussion guide and resource list.
Bring the War Home — to Our Classrooms
The Iraq Moratorium” campaign is one route for students and teachers to discuss and debate the Iraq War and the antiwar movement.”
The Re-militarized Zone
Military recruiters troll New York City high schools for new soldiers, but, of course, they say this isn’t about targeting poor minorities.
America’s Child Soldier Problem
The world’s armies — including the United States’ — exploit childhood vulnerabilities.
‘We Do Not Want America to Represent Torture’
It was supposed to be an easy photo-op with President Bush. But two Presidential Scholars recount to Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman how and why they turned it into a protest.
Oaxaca Sketchbook
Florida’s new law undermines critical thinking.
Goodbye and Good Luck to Catherine
We bid a fond farewell to managing editor Catherine Capellaro.