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BOOK REVIEW: We the People
Voices of A People’s History of the United StatesHoward Zinn and Anthony Arnove eds.(Seven Stories Press, 2004) 665 pp. $18.95. In an article called “Unsung Heroes,” excerpted in Rethinking Our Classrooms, […]
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Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice resources 19.2
Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
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Short Stuff 19.2
Teacher Wins Suit Bill Nevins recently won a $205,000 settlement from the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. The district did not renew his contract after his students read […]
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Student Voices 19.2
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Strange Stuff 19.2
6-year-old Tasered Police in Miami-Dade used a taser (stun gun) on a 6-year-old boy who was wielding a piece of glass in a school office and threatening to hurt himself. […]
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Syllabus: Introduction to Schooling in a Diverse Society
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Getting Back on Track
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BOOK REVIEWS: Commercialized Kids/Born to Buy
Consuming Kids: The HostileTakeover of ChildhoodBy Susan Linn.(New Press, 2004)288 pp. $24.95 hardback. Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer CultureBy Juliet Schor (Scribner, 2004)276 pp. $24.95 […]
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Testing Errors Plague Industry
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Good Stuff 19.2
Hotel workers are currently on strike in San Francisco, and many of the students I work with have family or family friends on the line. We talk about the strike […]
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Letters to the Editors 19.2
Standards Challenge Status Quo Christine E. Sleeter makes some valid criticisms of the California History-Social Science Framework and Standards in “Standardizing Imperialism” (Vol. 19, No. 2). The framework could certainly […]
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Four More Years-of Resistance
George W. Bush may still be president of the United States, but he’s still not president of our curriculum.
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Moving Beyond Judgment
My dirty little secret: I don't grade papers
The celebrated language-arts teacher comes clean” on why she hasn’t graded a student paper in 28 years.”
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With Math, It’s Like You Have More Defense
Students use math to investigate and affect overcrowding at their school
Students use mathematics to investigate and affect overcrowding at their school.
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The Hero’s Human Heart
Teaching Julia Alvarez's In the Time of Butterflies
In the Time of Butterflies” by Julia Alzarez
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New Kids on the Block
Fifth graders use Judy Blume's novel Iggie's House to think about racism, anti-racism, and the importance of acting for justice
Fifth graders use Judy Blume’s novel Iggie’s House to think about racism, anti-racism and the importance of acting for justice.
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My Year with Nike
A Story of Corporate Sponsorship, Branding, and Ethics in Public Schools
The author, who teaches in Nike’s hometown of Beaverton, Oregon, recounts a year of troubling field trips sponsored by the corporate giant.
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All Work and No Play
How educational reforms are hurting our preschoolers
How education reforms and the accountability” movement are hurting our nation’s youngest children.”
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Cyber Tots
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Teaching in Black and White
Two college-level educators make race central to their teaching - by teaching together.
Two college-level educators make race central to their teaching-by teaching together.
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Re-examining the Revolution
What's the harm in celebrating the myths of our nation's founders? Plenty.
Giving a nod to multiculturalism is not the same as getting the story of the American Revolution right.
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Testing Companies Mine for Gold
There's gold in them there tests.
The Bush testing craze has test makers raking in the green with almost no questions asked.
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My Mother’s Spanish
Embracing English doesn’t have to mean leaving your family’s first language behind.
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Youth Speak Out Against War, Recruitment
Students in Boulder, Colorado occupy their high school overnight.
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No Child Left Untested: Testing Tots
Why we need a better means of evaluating our nation's youngest children
Testing Tots – Even 4-year-olds are being subjected to inappropriate assessment, and lots of it.

Volume 19, No.2
Winter 2004/2005
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