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 […]
Middle School
Coal at the Movies
Video resources for the classroom, plus links to activist websites.
Talking Back to the World
Student poetry about what raised me is woven into graphic art.
Putting a Human Face on the Immigration Debate
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.
Textbook Scripts, Student Lives
Textbooks
Taking A Chance With Words
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 […]
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’.
Living Algebra, Living Wage
Eighth graders finally get what they ask for: an algebra lesson for the real world.”
Following The Flame
Teacher and students discover that even critically acclaimed literature can disenfranchise as well as empower.
Can’t Buy Me Love
Linda Christensen gets students to write critically about clothes, class, and consumption.
Raised by Women
Building classroom relationships through poetry.
On the Question of Mexicanidad
Encouraging prospective teachers to examine their cultural heritage.
The War in Iraq and Daily Classroom Life
Suggestions from a 5th-grade teacher on bringing the War in Iraq into the curriculum.
Overhauling NCLB: What You Can Do
8th-grade algebra meets rising gas prices and peak oil.
‘Use Another Word’
One school’s campaign against put-downs.
Lies My Spanish Textbooks Tell
Latinos dance, they sing, they happily play baseball. And what great food!
Teaching About Global Warming in Truck Country
Helping kids who’ve grown up in the truck culture” examine climate change.
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Editorial: The Small School Express
If we ignore race and money inequities, small school reform won’t help anything meaningful take root.
It’s a Good Thing
Teachers can help students express values both in and outside of the classroom.
The Politics of Correction
Nurturing student writing to make it language of power”.”
Forgive and Remember
Teaching forgiveness through poetry and art.
Unwrapping the Holidays
A first-year teacher’s naivety has repercussions.
“Because Our Islands Are Our Life”
A high school ethnic studies teacher describes how students in the Pacific Island Club used poetry to refocus the narrative surrounding climate justice onto frontline communities.
Teaching Them into Existence
A high school English teacher (also the QSA staff advisor) wrestles with the suicide of a transgender student and calls on heterosexual and cisgender teachers to integrate LGBTQ authors, themes, and history into their classrooms.