Wayne Au
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.
Adam Grant Kelley
Facing conflict fueled by racism and homophobia at his school, a teacher develops curriculum for the school-to-prison pipeline aimed at building bridges and academic skills.
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Members of the Oakland Education Association for Palestine Group
Educators in Oakland share the dramatic story of what happened when they organized a teach-in for Palestine.
Jody Sokolower
A 9th-grade teacher lays groundwork for sex education that is sex-positive and inclusive.
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There is no end-point in the fight for justice and equality, no moment when the argument is finally settled. As Angela Davis has said, “Freedom is a constant struggle.” Although that proposition seems exhausting, it is also hopeful. If our wins are never wholly secure, then neither must our losses be permanent. The struggle for reproductive justice continues, and our curriculum must nurture our students’ capacity to envision and participate in its next stages.
Mark R. Warren
On Oct. 25, 2015, student Niya Kenny filmed a white school police officer body slamming her classmate, a Black 16-year-old girl named Shakara, to the floor during math class at […]
Jane Van Galen
A teacher educator explores the contradictory nature of technology in education.
Jody Sokolower
Adventures of an out teacher and some suggestions for deciding if and how to come out to your students.
Sylvia McGauley
A review of Breaking the War Habit by Seth Kershner, Scott Harding, and Charles Howlett
Lewis Steller
An 8th-grade teacher creates inclusive resources about human reproduction with his students.
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Lauren Porosoff
Middle schoolers explore how Shakespeare plays with gender expression and expectations in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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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 […]
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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 […]
Linda Christensen
When asked about his poem “No More Elegies Today,” Clint Smith said, “Sometimes a poem should just be about a girl jumping rope. It doesn’t have to be something that […]
Sam Long
A biology teacher describes inclusive teaching about families; sexual, reproductive, and parenting behaviors; and models of heredity.
Linda Christensen
Christensen has students reimagine literature and their own stories to talk back to and disrupt injustice — and build solidarity.
Linda Christensen
“Part of the work of teaching students to read is teaching them to question not only the written word, but also the author,” Christensen writes in her article about teaching students how to confront writers whose stories erase the full truth and misrepresent people and places.
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In his compelling new novel The Deluge, author Stephen Markley paints a grim portrait of the future: overlapping and escalating climate disasters, economic chaos, growing inequality, state violence, hyper surveillance, […]
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it is critical and righteous work. And that by doing this work, we join an esteemed collective of educators, past and present, who went for broke teaching children that, to paraphrase Eduardo Galeano, tomorrow can be more than just another name for today.
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Misbehave, get punished. That pretty much sums up the approach to “disciplining” students that educators through the decades have taken in schools and classrooms. The most extreme form of this […]
Long Island Teacher Boycotts Common Core Tests Beth Dimino is an 8th-grade science teacher and president of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association in New York. She announced in February […]
Anti-Privatization Movement Goes International By Bob Peterson Teacher union leaders from around the world pledged to build an international movement against school privatization and commercialization at the 7th World Congress […]
Jody Sokolower
Una maestra de noveno grado explica cómo desarrollar un currículo de educación sexual que sea positivo e inclusivo.
