Bonfire of the Disney Princesses
Contrary to their spin machine, Disney’s princesses are far from role models
Contrary to their spin machine, Disney’s princesses are far from role models
While we were excited to support the opening of the educational closet
Have you ever sat next to an Asian student in class and wondered how she managed to consistently get straight A’s while you struggled to maintain a B-minus average? -from Top […]
None of my schools issued uniforms. What I did wear was a uniform in my head which kept me in line, out of trouble. It was a suit which had […]
A veteran teacher laments the trend toward mandated curriculum and argues that teachers should choose materials that address students’ lives and social issues.
Oregon students and teachers learn life lessons by participating in the ‘Theater of the Oppressed’.
Using native Spanish speakers to instruct their classmates in more than just verbs and pronunciation.
Teacher and students discover that even critically acclaimed literature can disenfranchise as well as empower.
Another child’s love of reading runs smack into No Child Left Behind.
One school’s campaign against put-downs.
Latinos dance, they sing, they happily play baseball. And what great food!
Three 4-year-old boys sat in a circle, each with a doll tucked under his shirt. “It’s time to have our babies!” Nicholas* declared. One by one, the boys pulled their […]
Do small schools change teaching practice?
Last spring, my second graders gathered on the rug, discussing the impending 50th anniversary of the historic Brown vs. Board of Education decision. I asked how their lives would have […]
My seven-year-old daughter came home from school with a handmade calico tie for her dad for Father’s Day. The oversized tie was carefully cut from the blue and orange fabric […]
When I was a child, our home was filled with the sounds of Spanish, mariachi music, and boisterous conversations. At home, my Nana cooked enchiladas, menudo, and tamales. During family celebrations we broke piñatas, danced, and […]
Nyla* came into our Head Start classroom wheeled by her special aassistant and surrounded by three early intervention (EI) specialists. I could barely see her for the equipment, adults, and […]
Teachers can help students express values both in and outside of the classroom.
Nurturing student writing to make it language of power”.”
A first-year teacher’s naivety has repercussions.
A first-grade teacher uses the 1908 Bread and Roses textile strike to help her students understand International Women’s Day.
Things to think about before the laptops arrive in your classroom.
I confess: My students play with blocks. Despite the current obsession with standards and standardized testing, some of us are still letting children play in our classrooms. Those of us […]
Death happens regularly, but a special education teacher describes her own mother’s death to show how schools leave no space for grief and try to hide death from the school community.
A math educator brings data from a friend’s solar panels — and the story to win them in their community — into her 7th-grade classroom to build a bridge between math and climate justice education.