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Be Your Better Self

Writing to Embrace Humanity in a Time of Despair

Linda Christensen

Students write narratives on kindness and solidarity to speak back to despair.

Trans Teacher, Detrans Student

A Roadmap for Transformation

Jaymie Métivier

A trans teacher draws out lessons for all educators from painful conversations with a student who has detransitioned.

In It for the Long Haul: Increasing the Possibility of Freedom and Liberation for All

An Interview with Mariame Kaba

Cierra Kaler-Jones

Cierra Kaler-Jones interviews Mariame Kaba, organizer, educator, archivist, curator, and author of We Do This ’Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice.

Resisting the Rise of the Bots

the Editors of Rethinking Schools

In the next 10 years the AI education market is projected to reach between $112 billion and $127 billion — more than double the federal government’s entire K–12 education budget. […]

AI Under 6

The Harms of Child-Targeted Artificial Intelligence

Rachel Franz and Susan Linn

Franz and Linn describe the dangers AI poses to children under 6.

Educators Over AI

Because No Bot Can Build a Beloved Classroom

Jesse Hagopian

Hagopian speaks back to the AI hype, arguing that AI cannot replace educators.

“Human Beings! Human Beings!” An Open Letter to Educators on the Dangers of AI

Ursula Wolfe-Rocca

A high school teacher and Rethinking Schools editor denounces AI as a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Resisting AI Mania in Schools

Anne Lutz Fernandez

A former English teacher takes on many of the arguments of AI promoters.

The Power Is in Our Hands. It’s Time to Use It.

Matt Reed

A teacher union organizer examines a new report on successful teacher union struggles for climate justice.

Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice resources 40.2

Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.