Resources 17.1
Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
Shorts 17.1
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E.S.E.A. Watch 17.1
The federal education law is leaving English-language learners behind.
Keeping Public Schools Public: Voucher Decision Opens Pandora’s Box
The day the U.S. Supreme Court decided to uphold school vouchers — and shortly after a federal appeals court had banned the Pledge of Allegiance in schools — my mother […]
Reading and Writing the World
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Rethinking Globalization: Teaching and Organizing Against Sweatshops
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The Puerto Rican Vejigante
The importance of teaching art in its social and cultural context
The importance of teaching art in its social and cultural context.
The Truth About Helen Keller
Children's books about Helen Keller distort her life
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‘Curriculum is Everything that Happens’
A veteran offers some advice to new teachers
Questions and answers with veteran teacher Rita Tenorio.
Teaching to Make a Difference
Advice to New Teachers from Teachers Who've Been There
Advice to new teachers from teachers who’ve been there: Bill Bigelow, Stephanie Walters, Linda Christensen, Kathy Swope, Kelley Dawson, Stan Karp, David Levine, Bob Peterson and Dale Weiss
Getting Students Off The Track
A new teacher questions the elitism of her school's culture and helps launch reform
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Best Discipline is Good Curriculum
Running a classroom can be easier when both students and teachers care about what's being taught
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It’s All about Respect
After 26 years in the classroom, Kim Williams has learned a thing or two
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Día de los Muertos
A Latin-American holiday offers an opportunity for discussion and grieving
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Teachers Beware
An ecology teacher explains how science education is being undermined.
Black Students’ Unlikely ‘Emancipators’
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Remembering Tyson
‘I’ll never forget the first time I met Tyson…’
Our Lack of Compassion
‘What this world needs is a little compassion…’
Rethinking Schools Listserv
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Educate for Global Justice
‘The last year has not been an easy time for educators…’
The Fordham Foundation
‘The anniversary of Sept. 11 found the nation and our schools still wrestling uneasy…’
