Join us in celebrating our anniversary with a congratulatory note in our commemorative issue!Forty years ago, a small group of Milwaukee teachers was frustrated with the whitewashed curriculum and rampant […]
Rethinking Schools is honored to announce that Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices was named a 2025 Skipping Stones Book Award recipient. Palestine has long been one of the great silences […]
Rethinking Schools is thrilled to announce Transgender Justice in Schools, co-edited by Linda Christensen and Ty Marshall, has been awarded a 2024 Foreword INDIES Silver Book of the Year Award, […]
We are thrilled to share that Bob Peterson, co-founder of Rethinking Schools and member of the editorial board and Board of Directors, has been honored with the Tony Baez Lifetime […]
Writing can be a transformative tool for community-building and activism. Join Rethinking Schools and D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice for a three-day, in-person writers’ workshop in Washington, D.C. This workshop invites […]
More than 800 educators from across the country convened in Portland, Oregon, from June 29-July 1 to learn, strategize, and organize for racial and social justice in classrooms and communities. […]
Rethinking Schools is pleased to announce Transgender Justice in Schools, co-edited by Linda Christensen and Ty Marshall, has been recognized as a finalist in the 27th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. “We crafted Transgender […]
Dear Rethinking Schools Teach Climate Justice friends, What a time. This is a brief installment to alert you to a couple of new articles. Thanks for your important work at […]
Rethinking Schools is a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization dedicated to sustaining and strengthening public education through social justice teaching and education activism. Our magazine, books, and other resources promote equity and racial justice […]
The New Jersey Education Association, with more than 200,000 members, is the second largest state association in the NEA, behind California. It has long been recognized as a powerful force […]
The massive wildfires in the Los Angeles area have been unspeakably horrific. Our hearts go out to all of the residents and their loved ones who face tragic loss.
A campaign that promises the “largest deportation” in history, that claims educators force “brutal” sex change operations on children, and that represents so much ugliness, is victorious. The campaign was […]
Welcome to the second installment of Rethinking Schools’ climate justice newsletter. As we described in our inaugural email blast: “We aim to connect climate justice educators across regions, disciplines, and […]
Rethinking Schools is excited to announce its partnership with the BustED Pencils podcast. The BustEDpencils podcast provides a space to share critical stories about education that need to be highlighted—especially at […]
By Jesse Hagopian Before there was a vaccination, the only COVID medicine I had for the isolation of the lockdown periods was making music with my oldest friend, Daniel Rapport. […]
As we continue to celebrate Pride Month, we recognize that there are harmful anti-LGBTQ+ bills moving across the country. We must reaffirm our commitment to do what we can, where we can, to protect […]
We are pleased to announce that Rethinking Multicultural Education 3rd edition is the winner of a 2024 Skipping Stones Honor Award for teaching resources. Wayne Au, editor of Rethinking Multicultural Education, expressed his appreciation, […]
We’re pleased to share that The New Teacher Book edited by Linda Christensen, Stan Karp, Bob Peterson, and Moé Yonamine, and narrated by Arischa Conner, has been recognized as a […]
Juneteenth — June 19th — also known as Emancipation Day — is one of the commemorations of Black people seizing their freedom in the United States. Below is a list of resources […]
Share the spring Teach Palestine issue with your colleagues, union members, students, and friends to engage in political education and critical dialogue. Use the issue as a resource for teaching […]
Rethinking Schools invites you to apply for our Summer 2024 In-person Restore & Connect Writing Retreats in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Portland, Oregon. The Restore & Connect Writing Retreats will […]
We offer you the inaugural Teach for Environmental Justice Newsletter from Rethinking Schools. Last year the Earth shattered climate records, and the entanglement of militarism and fossil fuels bears out […]
“Teaching climate justice means sharing stories of hope and resistance with students. It means connecting the movement for a livable planet to the movements for racial justice, economic justice, disability […]
This Black History Month and always, we honor the Black radical tradition that disrupts oppression and organizes for justice. We teach for joy and freedom. We teach the truth about […]
“Every time I get a new issue of the magazine, I am inspired and feel more hopeful about the work that I am trying to engage in. The books I’ve […]