Transgender Justice in Schools: It’s a Life-or-Death Thing
The death of Nex Benedict, a 10th-grade student and member of the Choctaw Nation, underscores the life-or-death consequences for nonbinary students when lawmakers play politics with their lives. Nex’s death […]
Existing Outside of the Binary in the Classroom
A nonbinary educator reflects on the difficulty and the power of being out in school.
Nurturing a Rainbow of Resistance to Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws
Christensen describes teaching high school students about new anti-LGBTQ+ laws — and the growing resistance to them.
Trans Students Speak Out
We asked transgender students what teachers have done and could do to support nonbinary students. Here’s how they responded.
What I Found in Iowa
A poem by Linea King
Lessons from Wisconsin: The Slow, Stealthy, and Strategic Threat of School Vouchers
Peterson details how the success of vouchers in Wisconsin is becoming a national model for the right and draws on his experience in the state to make a case against them.
Reparations and Education Justice
An Interview with Bettina Love
Cierra Kaler-Jones interviews Bettina Love about her new book Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal.
My Struggle with Identity in a White Education System
Jackson reflects on the racist history he learned in school as a child and powerfully connects those experiences to his own incarceration.
Grounding in Our Roots: Preserving Family History Through Migration Narratives
A high school language arts teacher writes about the power of students interviewing family and friends to develop migration narratives.
For Students to Understand Today’s Violence in Palestine-Israel, We Need to Teach About Zionism and the British Empire
Bigelow details a new mixer lesson about the roots of Zionism in the classroom — and its relevance for today’s crisis.
A Parent’s Nightmare: Big Tech, Advertising, and the Exploitation of Children
Katz and Sanchez review Who’s Raising the Kids? Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children by Susan Linn
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Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
Debunking False Climate Solutions in Our Classrooms
An environmental justice teacher encourages students to critically examine proposed solutions to climate change.
