The Shame of the Nation
The restoration of apartheid schooling in America
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Reconstructing Race
A teacher introduces his students to the slippery concept of race
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Teaching About Global Warming in Truck Country
A middle school teacher helps the heirs of truck culture examine climate change
Helping kids who’ve grown up in the truck culture” examine climate change.
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Rethinking Agatha Christie
The strange and offensive history of Ten Little Indians
The strange and offensive history of Ten Little Indians” (Hint: They weren’t always called “Indians.”)
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Playing with Gender
The staff at an early childhood center asks hard questions about gender identity
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Students Galvanize for Immigrant Rights
A high school club in Wisconsin changes life for students, parents, and the larger community
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Katrina’s Lessons
It wasn’t just the hurricane that devastated the Gulf; it was also a slower, more preventable surge of racism and poverty.
Free-Market Education
There’s no guarantee of quality in Milwaukee’s voucher schools
Graphic evidence that school vouchers do not guarantee school quality in Milwaukee.
Christopher Columbus and the Iraq War
How the myth built up around Columbus has helped condition kids to accept imperial adventures like the Iraq war.
Film: Inspiration From Mexico’s Rank and File
Film: Granito de Arena (Grain of Sand) by director: Jill Friedberg, Corrugated Films, 2005, DVD. 60 min.
Stand and Be Counter
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Film: More Than Just Dance Lessons
Mad Hot Ballroom Director/Producer: Marilyn AgreloWriter/Producer: Amy Sewellwww.paramountclassic.com/madhot/ Mad Hot Ballroom, a documentary about a fifth-grade ballroom dance program in New York City schools, is more than a feel-good summertime film. […]
An Unnatural Disaster
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Draft Resolution to End Military Recruitment Abuse
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War Is Fun as Hell
The military goes to extraordinary lengths to find recruits
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KPSP
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Miscellany
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Resources 20.1
Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
The Science Behind Climate Change
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Short Stuff 20.1
NCLB Rebellion The state of Connecticut announced in August it is suing the U.S. government over the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. State officials object to NCLB’s testing mandates, […]
We Don’t Need Another Soldier
A former student returns from the Marines
Books: It’s Still the Economy, Stupid…
Books:
It’s Still the Economy, Stupid…
Teen Support for Iraq War Wanes
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Good Stuff 20.1
I am going to teach at Swarthmore College this academic year, and my wife and I are preparing to move. That means, among other things, I’m deciding what books to […]
