Money, Schools, and Justice
School funding systems mirror—and reproduce—the inequality we see all around us.
Inclusive Schools
‘Use Another Word’
One school’s campaign against put-downs.
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.
On the Question of Mexicanidad
Encouraging prospective teachers to examine their cultural heritage.
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.
Students Galvanize for Immigrant Rights
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Playing with Gender
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Youth Take the Lead on High School Reform Issues
Sistas and Brothas United.
Tackling Tracking
A teacher finds that small school reform presents opportunities to teach about tracking and inequality.
‘Is This Just Regular English?’
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No Child Left Untested: Closing the Door on Our Kids
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Holding Nyla
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Strawberry Fields Forever?
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Welcoming Kalenna
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Framing the Family Tree
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Heather’s Moms Got Married
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Dressing Up
A principal deals with a student’s unusual request.
Beyond Pink and Blue
A unit on gender stereotypes inspires students to take action.
Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other social justice resources 33.3
Check out these valuable resources, reviewed by Rethinking Schools editors and Teaching for Change colleagues.
How We Failed Nigel Shelby and Allowed the Abuse He Endured
A writer interrogates school culture and our collective role in the suicide of a gay 15-year-old 9th grader in Alabama.
Women of the Day
A high school teacher looks at how a daily activity focusing on the representation of women helped transform her classroom.
When Showing Up Isn’t Showing Up
A language arts teacher describes a school board debate in which she merely showed up, instead of showing up and fighting for communities of color.
How Should We Sing Happy Birthday?
A kindergarten teacher looks at birthday celebrations in her classroom and whether all of her students’ home languages and rituals are being uplifted.
Honor Their Names
Students’ names are the first thing teachers know about the young people who enter our classrooms; they can signal country of origin, gender, language. Students’ names provide the first moment when a teacher can demonstrate their warmth and humanity, their commitment to seeing and welcoming students’ languages and cultures into the classroom.
Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action
In an era when a U.S. president calls Haiti and African nations shithole countries; a time when hate crimes are on the rise; a time when Black students are suspended at four times the rate of white students; and a time when we have lost 26,000 Black teachers since 2002, building a movement for racial justice in the schools is an urgent task. Black lives will matter at schools only when this movement becomes a mass uprising that unites the power of educator unions and families to transform public education.