Wish You Were Here
A University of Nebraska professor takes a satirical look at Education Week’s Quality Counts report, where the Cornhusker state ranked at the bottom.
Equity
Public Studies Puncture the Privatization Bubble
Two studies refute the claims made by voucher advocates: private schools are better than public ones, and competition makes public schools better.
‘Hurricane Vicki’
Portland’s former superintendent gets a big stage with Gates Foundation assignment.
NCLB and the Military
California teachers take a stand against the NCLB-aided military blitz on in-school recruiting.
‘Narrow and Unlovely’
Before the floodwaters receded in New Orleans, conservative education reformers rushed in selling a market-based future.
Edwina Left Behind
Edwina did what was asked of her. Did Alaska do everything it could for her?
Editorial: White Supremacy Is Not Color Blind
Supreme Court rulings affecting Louisville and Seattle could wipe out the last vestiges of the 1954 Brown decision.
Still Rethinking Our Classrooms
Rethinking Schools rolls out an updated and expanded version of our bestselling guide to teaching for social justice.
Can NCLB Be Left Behind?
Reauthorization could bring ‘damage control’ or more damage.
Elephants in the Room
When mainstream media report on urban schools, the real story is often what goes unsaid.
The Morning After The Morning After
Michelle Fine describes the issues faced by U.S. Muslim-American youth following not only 9/11 but the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Exit Strategies
Getting us out of the war in Iraq and NCLB requires challenging the premises that got us into these messes in the first place.
My Small School Journey
An Oakland teacher experiences the negative effects of small school reform in the midst of a budget crisis.
We’re Not Blind. Just Follow the Dollar Sign
Chicago’s renaissance” could mean dark age for city’s public schools.”
Youth Take the Lead on High School Reform Issues
Sistas and Brothas United.
Katrina’s Lessons
It wasn’t just the hurricane that devastated the Gulf; it was also a slower, more preventable surge of racism and poverty.
Free-Market Education
Graphic evidence that school vouchers do not guarantee school quality in Milwaukee.
Students Galvanize for Immigrant Rights
Viviana, who had only lived in the United States for two years, walked nervously to the speaker’s podium at a press conference on the steps of her high school. Although […]
An Open Letter to Bill and Melinda Gates
Thanks for helping start Success Tech Academy in Cleveland, Charney says, but tell state leaders they’re going to have to fund these ideas too or your money won’t be well-spent.
The Gates Foundation and Small Schools
The Gates’ $735 million have made them key players in small school reform.
A Little School in a Little Chinatown
One of the founders of a folk arts-based school slated to open in Philadelphia this fall hopes small schools can create possibilities for reclaiming communities.
Tackling Tracking
A teacher finds that small school reform presents opportunities to teach about tracking and inequality.
‘Is This Just Regular English?’
They were in their seats before the bell rang: 28 spit-polished 10th graders waiting silently in their chairs. In my four years of teaching, I had never encountered a room […]
Integrals and Equity
An AP calculus class at a prestigious boarding school doesn’t seem a likely venue for student reflection on privilege and wealth. But when I taught a group of academically inclined […]
California’s Grassroots Grow
Sacramento On Aug. 13, 2004, the California Supreme Court settled a historic case— Williams v. the State of California. The Williams decision validated the concerns of many Californians that the state had fallen […]