Herbert Kohl
After almost four decades of involvement in classroom teaching and school reform, the noted educator and writer reflects on the importance of “the refusal to accept limits on what your students can learn or what you, as a teacher, can do to help them.”
Deborah Menkart
The world has a lot to learn about Haiti. According to the Uruguayan author and historian Eduardo Galeano: Haiti was the first country to abolish slavery. However, the most widely […]
Doug Selwyn
How NCLB harms the preparation of new teachers.
Jessie Singer
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Bob Peterson
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Linda Christensen
A Review of the Movie Dangerous Minds. A high school literature teacher peers into a movie classroom to see what the teacher, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, is up to.
Robert Lowe
“He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and […]
the editors of Rethinking Schools
Teaching against imperialism means teaching against the disease of racism and economic exploitation; it means teaching for equality, teaching for social health, teaching for humanity. As educators, that is the side we want to be on.
Wayne Au
Au takes a trip to a strange world — this one, unfortunately — where “highly qualified” can mean low-quality teaching.”
Alexa Schindel, Sara Tolbert
Two teacher educators encourage their students to think about the impact of racial and colonial biases on media coverage of science issues—and on scientists.
Mariah Dickinson
A former TFA corps member describes her experiences inside TFA, beginning with the cultlike atmosphere of the training.
Linda Christensen
Top-down mandates masquerade as social justice reforms
Denise M. Hanson
Using native Spanish speakers to instruct their classmates in more than just verbs and pronunciation.
Details on teacher-quality initiatives taking root around the country.
Richard J. Meyer
Scripted phonics programs hold students and teachers as curriculum hostages.
Leon Lynn
An interview with Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, who offers some perspective on why creationism persists and how teachers can cope with it.
Sarah Jaffe
As part of the so-called “Great Resignation,” many teachers are leaving the field or thinking of leaving earlier than expected; the impact on public education could be catastrophic.
the Zinn Education Project
Role plays can offer students engaging ways to learn, but require careful contextualization and follow-up. This article offers some cautions and guidance about using them.
Louise Derman-Sparks
Teachers of young children have long recognized that we must address issues of diversity and prejudice, a perspective often referred to as multicultural education. It is also time to ask: […]
Sarah Jaffe
Matt Reed, a teacher at Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon, was worried about one of his 9th-grade students. Portland Public Schools, he explained, had been all-remote since March 13, […]
Heather Chen, Zanovia Clark, Angelina Cruz, Don Dumas, Martha A. Escudero, Sarah Giddings, Holly Hardin, Arathi Jayaram, Julie Jee, Dennis Kosuth, Merrie Najimy, and Tanya Reyes
We asked a group of teachers and students to write about their experience of school during the pandemic. We left it open-ended, but suggested they write about a particular experience that stood […]
Daniel Ferguson, Laurie Rabinowitz, and Amy Tondreau
Three literacy and early education scholars expose the racist, anti-teacher politics behind the push to implement “Science of Reading” curriculum in schools.
A 35-year teaching veteran, who insists that social-justice issues should be introduced in early elementary-school classes, describes her curriculum and her commitment to progressive teaching.
Bonar A. (Sandy) Gow
In November, 1982 I was two months into my teaching career and struggling to “cover the curriculum” for a class of 33 grade four and five children. My school of […]