Don’t Stop Teaching About Gaza
As this issue of Rethinking Schools went online, Israel and Hamas reached the first stage of a ceasefire agreement. Although it is still unclear whether this ceasefire will last beyond the first […]
It’s a Beautiful Day in Ms. Rachel’s Neighborhood
Rethinking Schools editor Larry Miller discovers Ms. Rachel and her courageous stance on Gaza through engagement with his granddaughter.
Families Talk About Palestine
A Liberatory Approach to Learning
A former classroom teacher describes a series of workshops she helped put together for Jewish families interested in learning about Palestine.
How Rank-and-File Organizing Pushed United Teachers Los Angeles to Take a Stand on Palestine
A UTLA organizer details the emergence of LA Educators for Justice in Palestine and the organizing that led to the second largest teacher union in the country to call for divestment from companies and bonds associated with Israel’s military actions in Gaza.
Educators: Support Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
A Palestinian organizer articulates why teachers should heed the call from Palestinian civil society to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel.
What a Gazan Should Do During an Israeli Air Strike
A poem by Mosab Abu Toha, the Pulitzer Prize-winning essayist and poet.
Teaching Idea by Linda Christensen
What’s Missing in Holocaust Education?
Winograd and Chertoff expose the Echoes & Reflections curriculum — produced by the Anti-Defamation League, Yad Vashem, and the Shoah Foundation — for its pro-Israel indoctrination and offer an alternative vision for how to teach about the Holocaust.
Black History Is for Everyone
An Interview with Brian Jones
Jesse Hagopian interviews author Brian Jones about his new book Black History Is for Everyone.
Snapshots of Joy
Using Photo Analysis to Challenge Dominant Narratives
Kaler-Jones and Lee discuss how they used photographs of joy to humanize leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
Exploring Our Houses of Memories Through Poetry
Christensen uses abecedarian poetry to excavate student memories and bring their lives into the classroom.
The Power of Plants
Learning About Herbs and Indigenous Wisdom in Laos
A middle school teacher in Laos attempts to restore her and her students’ connections to the land through gardening together and learning about Indigenous medicine.
Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice resources 40.1
Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
Teaching About the “Stuff That Is Actually Happening”
Yonamine describes how learning about young people fighting against climate change energized her summer school students.
