Forty Years Old. Still Here. Still Hopeful.
In our 30th anniversary issue 10 years ago, we opened our editorial: “Rethinking Schools was born in the time of Reagan. We celebrate our 30th anniversary in the time of […]
Rethinking Schools’ 40-Year Journey
A timeline spanning 40 years of Rethinking
Schools history.
Reflecting on 40 Years of Building Social Justice Education
RS editors reflect on what drew them to Rethinking Schools and why it remains an essential resource.
The Greatest Little League Season of All Time: How One Team Confronted Racism — and Became Champions
Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian recalls a cinematic Little League season where players learned about baseball — and solidarity.
We Got a Team
A teacher/coach reflects on the educational value of team sports
A coach considers the many lessons students at his alternative high school gained from starting a basketball team.
My Student Yamato’s Story
The story of a star high school basketball player detained by ICE.
Treating Students with Cariño
A mother and education professor writes a letter to teachers who work in immigrant communities about what is needed during Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown.
“Don’t Let This Intimidate You”: An Interview with Treasure Thoreson of the Minnesota 15
Adam Sanchez interviews Treasure Thoreson, an executive board member of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators and one of the 15 Minneapolis anti-ICE organizers federally indicted in June.
Building a Space to Belong
First-Generation Immigrant Students in Our After-School Classrooms
An after-school educator constructs a classroom where new immigrants feel safe and comfortable.
Connecting Students to Indigenous History and Colonization Through Story
A 9th-grade teacher in Alaska examines the politics of naming places with her students.
The War on Palestinian Schools
A Jerusalem-based writer describes how schools across the West Bank are in crisis as Israel withholds billions in Palestinian tax revenues.
Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice resources 41.1
Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
Get Plastics Propaganda Out of Schools
Bigelow reviews the new report Plastic Expelled: Exposing Industry Propaganda in U.S. Schools.
