Some Favorite Books for Young Children
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Framing the Family Tree
How teachers can be sensitive to students' family situations
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Welcoming Kalenna
An early childhood teacher strives to make all her students feel at home
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Strawberry Fields Forever?
An early childhood teacher draws on her past while teaching children of migrant farmworkers
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Testing Lang
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Holding Nyla
An inclusion classroom becomes the stage for learning and acceptance
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What About Play?
When "screen time" and drills replace open-ended play, kids lose out
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Confession
Not only do my students play in the classroom, but it's good for them
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Exploring Our Urban Wilderness
A second and third-grade teacher helps his students discover the natural world in their urban environment
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Heather’s Moms Got Married
Second graders talk about gay marriage
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‘Is This Just Regular English?’
An English teacher examines how tracking affects her students
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The Recruitment Minefield
Critical literacy activities can protect students against predatory military recruiting
Emiliano Santiago. Not many of our students know his name. But they should. Santiago joined the Oregon Army National Guard on June 28, 1996, shortly after his high school graduation […]
Integrals and Equity
A math lesson prompts new awareness for prep school students-and their teacher
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No Child Left Untested: Closing the Door on Our Kids
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We Are the World
A call for solidarity among teachers around the world to combat forces of globalization and privatization
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What Can One Elementary Teacher In Anytown, U.S.A. Do?
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Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice resources 19.3
Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
Short Stuff 19.3
As Seen on TV Sylvan Learning Center, the nation’s largest tutoring company, is adding a new component to its widespread advertising campaign. Sylvan’s parent company, Educate Inc., gained another popular […]
Strange Stuff 19.3
Abstinence Inaccuracy Federally funded abstinence-only sex education programs are leaving students misinformed, according to California Rep. Henry A. Waxman’s recent Congressional study. The study examined the content of sex education […]
Student Voices 19.3
Students Share Perspectives on Their Small School
10 Points to Consider Before Signing a Military Enlistment Agreement
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Tips for Teachers
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Resources on Family Diversity
All Families Are DifferentBy Sol Gordon (Prometheus Books, 2000) 50 pp. $10.50 Clinical psychologist Sol Gordon provides an adult voice in this book for readers ages seven and up. Families are defined […]
Do You Get the Point?
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The Tsunami and Other Disasters
The Dec. 26 tsunami swept away the lives of more than 200,000 people and ravaged the livelihoods of millions more. Throughout the world teachers and students discussed the tsunami and […]
California’s Grassroots Grow
Sacramento On Aug. 13, 2004, the California Supreme Court settled a historic case— Williams v. the State of California. The Williams decision validated the concerns of many Californians that the state had fallen […]
Book Review: Messing With Texas
Leaving Children Behind kicks up dust in the lone star state
Leaving Children Behind: How “Texas-style” Accountability Fails Latino YouthEdited by Angela Valenzuela State University of New York Press, 2005 313 pp. $73.50 “Everything is bigger in Texas,” the saying goes. Apparently it’s true. […]
