AI Under 6
Franz and Linn describe the dangers AI poses to children under 6.
Policy Articles
Educators Over AI
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
A high school teacher and Rethinking Schools editor denounces AI as a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Resisting AI Mania in Schools
A former English teacher takes on many of the arguments of AI promoters.
I’m a Muslim High School Student. I Fear Texas’ New Bible-Infused Curriculum.
A high school student criticizes Texas’ new reading and language arts elementary school curriculum that encourages teachers to bring Christianity into classrooms.
Trump’s Education by Indoctrination Must Be Fought with Social Justice Unionism
Hagopian argues social justice unionism is the key to fighting the creeping fascism behind Trump’s effort to control what is taught in schools.
Why We Cannot Go Back to Basics
Three literacy and early education scholars expose the racist, anti-teacher politics behind the push to implement “Science of Reading” curriculum in schools.
“Superachievers” vs. “Super Predators”: How the Racist Love of the Model Minority Is Weaponized Against Black and Asian American Students
Au summarizes the emergence of the Model Minority myth and its weaponization against Asian Americans and other people of color, and argues for abandoning the stereotype in favor of solidarity.
Teaching Palestine
Palestine has long been one of the great silences in the official curriculum. Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices provides educators with powerful tools to uncover the history and current context […]
PragerU Ambushes Our Schools
Meet the right-wing nonprofit attempting to push racism, sexism, and climate denial in public schools.
Erasing Palestinian History: The Propaganda of PragerU’s Israel Series
Hagopian critiques a new set of PragerU videos that seek to justify Israeli occupation.
Educators Beware: The Anti-Defamation League Is Not the Social Justice Partner It Claims to Be
Murad details how the Anti-Defamation League exploits and exaggerates rising antisemitism to push an anti-justice, pro-Israel agenda in schools.
Lessons from Wisconsin: The Slow, Stealthy, and Strategic Threat of School Vouchers
Peterson details how the success of vouchers in Wisconsin is becoming a national model for the right and draws on his experience in the state to make a case against them.
Israel’s War on Gaza Is Also a War on History, Education, and Children
Hagopian connects the attacks in the United States on teaching about race and gender to Israel’s attacks on children, schools, and historical memory in Palestine.
The Takeover of Houston Public Schools
Miller critically examines the state takeover of Houston’s public schools and its new superintendent’s dystopian vision for education reform.
Teaching While Undocumented
Two professors document the struggles of undocumented teachers and offer ways educators, schools, and policymakers can better support them.
The Growing Attack on Educators
A growing number of educators are being pushed out of the classroom for teaching about race or LGBTQ+ issues.
“Isn’t that what the case is about, the discrimination against Asian Americans?”
Interrogating the recent Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action in college admissions, Au dismantles conservative arguments that pit Asian Americans against other people of color.
How School Lunch Debt Creates Shame and Inequality — and Our Fight to Abolish It
Debt activists examine the shame, stigma, and effects of student lunch debt — and their successful organizing for universal free meals.
Teachers Living and Resisting Indebted Life
Wozniak shares stories of educators grappling with student loans and a growing movement toward resistance and debt cancellation.
School Debt: The Great Unequalizer
As Schirmer writes: “School districts with the fewest resources pay the most to borrow.” Given the underfunding of schools, debt amplifies existing inequalities.
50 Years Older and Deeper in Debt
Karp describes the origins of the unjust U.S. patchwork system of funding schools and envisions funding justice.
How My Teacher Union Fought for Housing Justice
A teacher union member stories the Boston Teachers Union fight for housing justice.
Defend African American Studies
Black history is under attack — predictably by the right, and by the acquiescence of the College Board, a billion-dollar “non-profit” business. This is yet another example of the erasure […]
The Chilling Effects of So-Called Critical Race Theory Bans
Teacher educators describe how teachers interpret Tennessee’s “Prohibited Concepts in Instruction” law; vague language suppresses — educators resist.