Empire or Humanity?
The American Empire has always been a bipartisan project—Democrats and Republicans have taken turns extending it
The American Empire has always been a bipartisan project—Democrats and Republicans have taken turns extending it
Iraq’s children have been more gravely affected by the U.S. occupation than any other segment of the population.”
A veteran teacher laments the trend toward mandated curriculum and argues that teachers should choose materials that address students’ lives and social issues.
Teacher and students discover that even critically acclaimed literature can disenfranchise as well as empower.
Eighth graders finally get what they ask for: an algebra lesson for the real world.”
Two Chicago educators question the premier teacher education accrediting agency’s removal of social justice and sexual orientation language from its standards.
Virginia professors take on the state’s attempt to eliminate Social Foundations of Education” from required course work.”
School funding systems mirror—and reproduce—the inequality we see all around us.
What’s so wrong about questioning modern American values such as consumerism and militarism?
Rethinking Schools rolls out an updated and expanded version of our bestselling guide to teaching for social justice.
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The strange and offensive history of Ten Little Indians” (Hint: They weren’t always called “Indians.”)
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Reclaiming the democratic vision of small school reform.
The principal of Brooklyn’s El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice shows how art can connect students with their communities.
Do small schools change teaching practice?
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Profiling an African American teacher on Chicago’s south side.
A unit on gender stereotypes inspires students to take action.
Things to think about before the laptops arrive in your classroom.
In late January, authorities at the Danville Correctional Center in east-central Illinois removed more than 200 titles from the prison’s library. One of the books that was confiscated was the Rethinking Schools book Rethinking Our Classrooms: Teaching for Equity and Justice, first published in 1994 and edited by Bill Bigelow, Linda Christensen, Stan Karp, Barbara Miner, and Bob Peterson.
A 3rd-grade teacher uses thousands of pieces of macaroni to facilitate a lesson about fractions and to spur classroom conversations about wealth inequality.
President Obama’s speech about the Zimmerman acquittal in Trayvon Martin’s murder and Cornel West’s response are rich sources for students learning how to analyze, evaluate, and critique.