Chicago’s Peace Warriors
A group of students from Chicago’s North Lawndale College Preparatory High were in the middle of a weeklong summer training to become Peace Warriors—peer nonviolence leaders. Suddenly, a sophomore named […]
A group of students from Chicago’s North Lawndale College Preparatory High were in the middle of a weeklong summer training to become Peace Warriors—peer nonviolence leaders. Suddenly, a sophomore named […]
“Harm comes from prior harm.” As Deandra says this, I am sitting in the back of my classroom, taking notes. My students are sitting in a circle in the middle […]
Students play a game promoted by the coal industry, then dig beneath the surface to look at the realities of mountaintop removal mining.
Video resources for the classroom, plus links to activist websites.
Ninth graders develop science literacy as they become neighborhood environmental experts and activists.
For those of us working with immigrant populations, we have in our students living examples that we can use to bring the immigration issue to the forefront and teach all of our students.
The Association of Raza Educators implores you: open your scholarships to all students of Hispanic descent regardless of citizenship.
Textbooks
None of my schools issued uniforms. What I did wear was a uniform in my head which kept me in line, out of trouble. It was a suit which had […]
Two studies refute the claims made by voucher advocates: private schools are better than public ones, and competition makes public schools better.
Ohio attempts to close achievement gap by focusing on 9th-grade males
A veteran teacher laments the trend toward mandated curriculum and argues that teachers should choose materials that address students’ lives and social issues.
Oregon students and teachers learn life lessons by participating in the ‘Theater of the Oppressed’.
Using native Spanish speakers to instruct their classmates in more than just verbs and pronunciation.
Edwina did what was asked of her. Did Alaska do everything it could for her?
Linda Christensen gets students to write critically about clothes, class, and consumption.
Building classroom relationships through poetry.
Encouraging prospective teachers to examine their cultural heritage.
Preparing high schoolers for the Regents exam while studying the War in Iraq.
One school’s campaign against put-downs.
Latinos dance, they sing, they happily play baseball. And what great food!
An Oakland teacher experiences the negative effects of small school reform in the midst of a budget crisis.
One union works for meaningful small school reform.
“Is Mr. Smith a White Guy?” I then changed the topic, volunteering to be a contemporary example. “OK, so the next question is: Is Mr. Smith a white man? Yes […]
Helping kids who’ve grown up in the truck culture” examine climate change.
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