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Crossing Boundaries of Difference
Enriching Classrooms Via the Internet
A review of “Brave New Schools: Challenging Cultural Illiteracy Through Global Learning Networks”
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Is Whole Language Doomed
Right Wing Attacks Yet Another Reform
Six years after whole language was implemented statewide in California, plunging test scores resulted in a new back-to-basics curriculum — so the story goes. But what really happened in California?
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Wisconsin Welcomes the Wild West
New legislation prohibits local governments from enacting gun control ordinances that are stronger than state regulations.
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Lessons of Chile’s Voucher Reform
Inequality Increased, Test Scores Did Not Improve
A professor of education and economics takes a good look at Chile’s voucher program. This well-developed, long-standing program makes it clear that voucher plans increase inequality without making schools any better
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Telling the Truth of the Middle Passage
An Interview with Tom Feelings
Tom Feelings discusses his book The Middle Passage” — a book of narrative paintings that portray the nightmarish journey of enslaved Africans from their homes to the Americas.”
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An International Proverbs Project
Using Telecommunications to Investigate Folklore
Spanish-English bilingual students use computer networks to explore together the proverbs and folklore of their cultures.
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Whites Get a Pass on Race Issues
The media free white people of responsibility for working to cross the racial divide. No pollster ever asked, “Is David Duke a good role model for white youth?”
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Dumb Kids, Smart Kids, and Social Class
Memories of sixth grade are reflected in today's realities
A teacher recalls his own experience of sixth grade along with the ways schools reinforce and legitimate social inequities.
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We Had Set Ourselves Free
Lessons on the Civil Rights Movement
The experience of those whose everyday lives intersected with the Civil Rights Movement is a rich source for teaching about that era.
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Conservatives Attack NEA over Gay Issues
The right-wing group Concerned Women of America claims the NEA is forcing a pro-homosexual program on children.
Volume 10, No.2
Winter 1995/1996
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