Volume 21, No.3

Raised by Women

Building relationships through poetry

By Linda Christensen

Building classroom relationships through poetry.

Goodbye and Good Luck to Catherine

By the Editors of Rethinking Schools

We bid a fond farewell to managing editor Catherine Capellaro.

Still Rethinking Our Classrooms

Creating classrooms for equity and justice

By the Editors of Rethinking Schools

Rethinking Schools rolls out an updated and expanded version of our bestselling guide to teaching for social justice.

On the Question of Mexicanidad

Encouraging prospective teachers to examine their cultural heritage

By Aurolyn Luykx

Encouraging prospective teachers to examine their cultural heritage.

Mis bendiciones

A poem by Jeannette Lozano

By Jeanette Lozano

A poem by Jeannette Lozano.

The War in Iraq and Daily Classroom Life

Suggestions from a 5th-grade teacher on bringing the War in Iraq into the curriculum.

By Bob Peterson

Suggestions from a 5th-grade teacher on bringing the War in Iraq into the curriculum.

Test Prep and the War

Preparing high schoolers for the Regents exam while studying the War in Iraq

By Jessica Klonsky

Preparing high schoolers for the Regents exam while studying the War in Iraq.

Can NCLB Be Left Behind?

Reauthorization could bring 'damage control' or more damage

By Barbara Miner

Reauthorization could bring ‘damage control’ or more damage.

Teachers Speak Out Against NCLB

Quotes from classroom teachers about the impact of NCLB.

By the Editors of Rethinking Schools

Quotes from classroom teachers about the impact of NCLB.

Overhauling NCLB: What You Can Do

By Monty Neill

8th-grade algebra meets rising gas prices and peak oil.

Tom Mooney – A Teacher First

Rethinking Schools editors mourn the loss of Tom Mooney, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, who died of a heart attack on December 3 at age 52. Several of us worked with Tom over the years, and all of us admired him. He pioneered a more expansive vision of teacher unionism, and as the longtime president of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, promoted numerous initiatives that led to greater teacher involvement in school reform. Mooney was a captivating speaker, brilliant strategist, and the life of any party. His untimely death leaves a hole in the movement to link the improvement of public schools with the struggle for social justice. In the following pages we offer several remembrances of Tom Mooney. — the editors

By Bill Bigelow

I met Tom Mooney in the spring of 1973 when we were students at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Tom invited me to join a political discussionaction group there […]

Tom Mooney – Ohio’s Children Lose a Labor Leader

By Michael Charney

The death of Tom Mooney was a blow not only to Ohio teachers. The entire nation lost a champion who combined unionism with a passion for public education and the […]

Union Power for Quality Schools

By Mark Simon

At the time of his death, Tom Mooney and I and a handful of teacher unionists were building the Institute for Teacher Union Leadership (ITUL), to nurture leadership skills for […]

Elephants in the Room

When mainstream media report on urban schools, the real story is often what goes unsaid

By Gregory Michie

When mainstream media report on urban schools, the real story is often what goes unsaid.

The Morning After The Morning After

The following is from the book Forever After: New York City Teachers on 9/11. The book is dedicated "To the NYC teachers of 9/11 who kept our children safe... and to teachers everywhere whose stories of day-to-day commitment are seldom told." In the selection below, Michelle Fine describes the issues faced by U.S. Muslim-American youth following not only 9/11 but the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

By Michelle Fine

Michelle Fine describes the issues faced by U.S. Muslim-American youth following not only 9/11 but the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

‘I Just Want to Read Frog and Toad’

Another child's love of reading runs smack into No Child Left Behind

By Melanie Quinn

Another child’s love of reading runs smack into No Child Left Behind.

‘Use Another Word’

One school's campaign against put-downs

By Nancy Meltzoff

One school’s campaign against put-downs.

Lies My Spanish Textbooks Tell

Latinos dance, they sing, they happily play baseball. And what great food!

By Sandy Shedivy

Latinos dance, they sing, they happily play baseball. And what great food!

Editorial: White Supremacy Is Not Color Blind

By the Editors of Rethinking Schools

Supreme Court rulings affecting Louisville and Seattle could wipe out the last vestiges of the 1954 Brown decision.

Reviews 21.3

By Erik Gleibermann

Books

Resources 21.3

By Don Allen, Bill Bigelow, Deborah Menkart, Amy Miller, and Bob Peterson.

Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.

Short Stuff 21.3

The Segregation of U.S. Teachers Segregation within the U.S. teaching force mirrors the growing segregation among K–12 students in public schools, with disturbing implications for dismantling structures of inequality, according […]

Making Education Work

By Herbert Kohl

Urban Schools, Public Will:Making Education Work for All ChildrenBy Norm FruchterTeachers College Press (2007) Khet: Strategy at the Speed of LightInnovation Toys, LLC, New Orleanswww.khet.com For almost 50 years Norm […]

Letters to the Editors 21.3

Violence Against Women Thank you for including the article in Rethinking Schools entitled, “Why Aren’t We Shocked?” [Bob Herbert, Volume 21, No. 2]. I am a first-year teacher who recently completed a […]