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Peacekeepers and Peacemakers

Fifth graders explore what we do when peace doesn’t already exist

Erin Green

Green and her students critique the idea that good citizens follow rules, and then study activists who make — rather than keep — peace in the face of injustice.

The Chilling Effects of So-Called Critical Race Theory Bans

Laura Beth Kelly, Laura Taylor, Cara Djonko-Moore, and Aixa D. Marchand

Teacher educators describe how teachers interpret Tennessee’s “Prohibited Concepts in Instruction” law; vague language suppresses — educators resist.

Welcome, Cierra Kaler-Jones!

Cierra Kaler-Jones becomes Rethinking Schools’ first executive director.

Goodbye to Ari Bloomekatz

This fall, Rethinking Schools’ managing editor Ari Bloomekatz accepted the position of executive editor at the venerable social justice magazine In These Times. We will miss Ari’s humor, imagination, warmth, […]

Taking Multicultural, Anti-Racist Education Seriously

Enid Lee, interviewed by Barbara Miner

One of the most-read articles Rethinking Schools has published, Miner’s 1991 interview of Enid Lee resounds today.

Rethinking the Inclusive Classroom

As one teacher says, “My students may be little, but that does not mean their emotions are.” A parent of a student with Down syndrome and educators in the same district discuss inclusive teaching strategies and pedagogical risk-taking.

The “Learning Loss” Trap

the editors of Rethinking Schools

This school year, as teachers carefully construct unit plans, build community with students, and navigate ongoing staff shortages, they also have to contend with a barrage of media coverage catastrophizing […]

The First CRT Election

The editors of Rethinking Schools

Rethinking Schools was glad to see the midterm elections bring significant setbacks to MAGA Republicans and the most egregious “election deniers.” But overall the results were a decidedly mixed bag […]

Introducing Rethinking Schools’ New Executive Director

Dear Supporters and Friends of Rethinking Schools, We are thrilled to introduce you to Dr. Cierra Kaler-Jones and to welcome her as Rethinking Schools’ first-ever Executive Director, effective January 17, […]

Teaching For Climate Justice Booklet

This free booklet is an invitation to educators everywhere to join the national conversation about how we help our students understand what is happening to our climate, why it is happening, who it is affecting, and what we can do about it. This work belongs to all of us.