My Grades Will Not Be Instruments of War
How we grade students — or whether we grade students — has always been contested terrain. The pandemic has brought new attention to the politics of grading. In the 1960s, […]
How we grade students — or whether we grade students — has always been contested terrain. The pandemic has brought new attention to the politics of grading. In the 1960s, […]
COVID-19 descended upon Seattle, seeping in like a fog first in small ways, then eventually in signals we couldn’t ignore. Stores were empty, hours at our early childhood center were […]
I went swimming for the last time last summer in late August. I had a tattoo planned for the next weekend, which would mean a few weeks of no swimming — […]
“Every man in my family has been locked up. Most days I feel like it doesn’t matter what I do, how hard I try—that’s my fate, too.”—11th-grade African American student, […]
A master teacher faces a classroom revolt. She realizes that, no matter how imminent the high-stakes test, stopping the school-to-prison pipeline begins in the classroom with student-centered, meaningful curriculum.
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What are the real messages in the inspirational slogans covering classroom walls? Plus some better alternatives.
As an educator constantly searching for ways to use popular culture in my classroom
Textbooks
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
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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!
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Do small schools change teaching practice?
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