An Open Letter to President-elect Obama
By the Editors of Rethinking Schools
Move Over, Sisyphus
Teaching grammar and poetry
Get students passionate about writing and the grammar will follow
Remembering Mahmoud Darwish
The Palestinian poet’s richly descriptive style resonated with displaced peoples everywhere
The Prison Cell
Poem by Mahmoud Darwish
‘The Prison Cell’ Teaching Idea
We were saddened to hear about the death of Mahmoud Darwish, considered the national poet of the Palestinians, who died on Aug. 9, 2008, from complications after open-heart surgery. He was 67. This reprinted poem, translated by Ben Bennani, and article are in honor of Darwish’s life and contributions to humanity.
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A Test Scorer’s Lament
Scenes from the mad, mad, mad world of testing companies
Teaching’s Revolving Door
New teachers leave the profession at an alarming rate — and there's no single reason or easy solutions
New teachers leave the profession at an alarming rate —and there’s no single reason or easy solutions
Who Leaves and Why
“My principal was a control freak.”
Decolonizing the Classroom: Lessons in Multicultural Education
Multicultural education has to be based on dialogue—both among students and between students and teachers
Children As Guinea Pigs
Washington, D.C., bribes its students to perform
Washington, D.C., bribes its students to perform
We Still Aren’t In a Post-Racial Society
Barack Obama’s election isn’t the end of racism
Hunger, Academic Success, and the Hard Bigotry of Indifference
Food insecurity and hunger are a serious threat to children’s lives
Documenting the Undocumented
When immigrant students count — and when they don't
When immigrant students count —and when they don’t
College for All?
Low-income students take the college admissions process into their own hands
The Square Root of a Fair Share
School desks and dream homes
Lessons on school desks and dream homes
10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Ableism
Prejudice by able-bodied and able-minded people toward people with disabilities
Rooting out prejudice by able-bodied and able-minded people toward people with disabilities
Demystifying the ‘Dismal Science’
A review of Introducing Economics: A Critical Guide for Teaching
Marketing American Girlhood
Felicity's tilt-top tea table and chairs, $98.00; Addy's trunk, $159.00; Molly's vanity table, $60.00; girls learning about consumption and brand loyalty by the age of 10, priceless.
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Good Stuff – Little Rebels
A review of Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children’s Literature and Childhood and Nature: Design Principles for Nature
Letters to the Editors 23.2
Thank you, Howard Howard Zinn’s chapter on the Vietnam War (Vol. 22, No.1) was quite an eye opener for me. I knew some of the details leading up to the […]
Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice resources 23.2
Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
