¡Sí, se puede!
From Chicago to Dallas, from Atlanta to Nebraska, from Maine to Los Angeles, and in small towns throughout the land, an outpouring of millions of Latinos and human rights supporters […]
Test Restricted Content
Q/A – I hate the textbook I’ve been given to use. What do I do?
In order to present students with multiple perspectives on any topic, it is likely that you will need more than one resource. Part of the challenge in becoming a social […]
Q/A – What Do I Do When I Realize I’ve Made a Mistake With a Child?
Since you are a person and not some trained robot, chances are that you will make mistakes, such as losing your cool, for example, and saying something that you really […]
Q/A – My students don’t bring back their homework. Should I keep assigning it?
First ask yourself some questions: Why are you giving homework? Is there a school policy, or is it up to the teacher? In many places it is a timeworn tradition […]
Questions to Ask About Small School Reform Plans
What role have teachers, parents, and community representatives played in developing the plans for creating new small schools? What populations will the new schools serve? Will the students select the […]
Mortgage Loans-Is Racism a Factor?
Mr Rico Gutstein Mathematics December 2, 2002 Last month, the Chicago Tribune published an article, “Mortgage OKs Tougher for local Blacks, Latinos.” In it, there is a second headline, Institutional racism […]
Suggested Recordings
These are the albums and individual tracks used in the lesson plan on the birth of rock and roll and the rise of popular youth culture.
Some Resources on Teaching About School Tracking
The Students Are WatchingBy Ted and Nancy Sizer (Beacon Press, 2000).Chapter 4, “Sorting,” is a readable chapter that can be used with students to reflect on the meaning and consequences […]
Researching Presidents and Slavery
When my students and I began investigating which presidents owned enslaved people, our attempts focused on traditional history textbooks and student-friendly websites from the White House and the Smithsonian Institute. […]
Additional Information on Military Spending
Center for Defense Information, www.cdi.org Center for Popular Economics, www.populareconomics.org Center of Budget and Policy Priorities, www.cbpp.org Children’s Defense Fund, www.childrensdefense.org Cost of War, www.costofwar.com Dollars and Sense, www.dollarsandsense.org New […]
Man, I Feel Sorted
Bridge: I am a student who’s been sorted for what class I sit in I am a student who’s been sorted for what color my skin is Repeat two times. Chorus: Ciarra: Man, […]
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Special Education in Milwaukee Schools
Special Ed figures for MPS, Voucher schools, and City of Milwaukee and UWM charter schools INSTITUTION ENROLLMENT( 2002-03 ) SPECIAL ED( 2002-03 ) PERCENT Milwaukee Public Schools 97,293* 16,021 16% […]
An Interview with Tom Mooney
Tom Mooney
Not All Inequality Bother Bush
The Bush Administration has made “closing the achievement gap” a major political theme, linking it to national unity, American ideals, and even “the war on terrorism.” But not all gaps […]
Tom Mooney – Ohio’s Children Lose a Labor Leader
The death of Tom Mooney was a blow not only to Ohio teachers. The entire nation lost a champion who combined unionism with a passion for public education and the […]
What Can One Elementary Teacher In Anytown, U.S.A. Do?
Do not presume that students live in traditional families with both married heterosexual birth parents. Name a wide variety of configurations possible in the diversity of human families. Part of […]
Black Over-representation in Special Education Not Confined to Segregation States
Many suspect the over-representation of African Americans in special education really began to grow after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered public schools to be desegregated in 1954. Five of the […]
Parents Fight School Closings
During the night and on into the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004, a determined band of Chicago Public School (CPS) parents and community activists camped at the front door […]
Patterns of Errors Check List
I adapted this checklist from Mina Shaughnessy’s book Errors and Expectations. Using this list as a template, I look for patterns of errors under each category: Punctuation, grammar, spelling, and […]
NCLB Petition Grows
FairTest, a Cambridge-based activist organization, has gathered nearly 1,000 signatures on an online petition calling for an overhaul of the federal No Child Left Behind act (NCLB). “FairTest plans to […]
Philly Students Protest Edison
Public school supporters and students blocked the entrance to a Philadelphia school district building April 17. The day before, 42 Philadelphia public schools were turned over to private for-profit companies, […]
Sample Language for Wellness Policies
Curriculum and Media Students in grades pre-K-12 receive nutrition education that is interactive and teaches the skills they need to adopt healthy eating behaviors. Marketing of low nutrition foods and […]
Does Improved Teacher Quality Lead to Improved Student Learning?
Such a question is inherently tricky, in part because measures of student learning are multi-faceted and embrace not only academic questions but matters of social development and civic awareness. Union […]
Who Leaves and Why
“My principal was a control freak.”