Black Like Me
A poem—and the history behind it—about being invisible, yet stereotyped, as an African American student bused to a predominantly white school.
Dear White Teacher
An African American middle school teacher calls on white teachers to think before they routinely send black children to black teachers when there is a problem.
Queridos maestros blancos
Una maestra afroamericana de secundaria les pide a los maestros blancos que piensen antes de mandarles los niños negros a los maestros negros cada vez que tengan un problema con ellos.
Teaching the N-Word
A white high school teacher prepares her students to read August Wilson’s Fences by leading an exploration of the n-word.
Rocketship to Profits
Silicon Valley breeds corporate reformers with national reach
Rocketship Education, a rapidly expanding charter school chain, shows what happens when the rich control our schools.
“Aren’t You on the Parent Listserv?”
Working for equitable family involvement in a dual-immersion elementary school
A kindergarten teacher tries to change the power imbalance between Spanish- and English-speaking parents in her classroom and school.
¿No estás registrado en la lista de correos electrónicos?
Una maestra de kínder intenta cambiar el balance de poder entre los padres hispanohablantes y angloparlantes en su salón y su escuela.
The Military Invasion of My High School
The role of JROTC
A high school teacher describes the problematic impact of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at her school.
Restorative Justice
What it is and is not
Misbehave, get punished. That pretty much sums up the approach to “disciplining” students that educators through the decades have taken in schools and classrooms. The most extreme form of this […]
The Children of Gaza
Like millions around the world, Rethinking Schools editors have been horrified and angered by Israel’s assault on the Palestinian people of Gaza. Of the more than 2,100 Palestinians killed, the […]
Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice education resources 29.1
Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
When Girls Are Activists
Child and teen activists fighting for social justice often get left out of official histories and curriculum. In their picture book biography, Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike […]
