Taking A Chance With Words
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Editorial Winds of Change
After years of being hushed by rightwing demagogues and a compliant media, teachers, students, parents, and activist are getting loud and proud
NCLB Stalled, but Still Armed and Dangerous
While the bipartisan consensus that passed NCLB in 2001 has splintered, the old, unimproved version of the law is not going away anytime soon.
Kid Nation
CBS goes overboard with this painful exploitation of children.
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.
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.
Pressuring the Gap
Ohio attempts to close achievement gap by focusing on 9th-grade males
‘Hurricane Vicki’
Portland’s former superintendent gets a big stage with Gates Foundation assignment.
Polar Bears on Mission Street
San Francisco fourth graders learn about global warming and take action to save the polar bears.
Beyond Anthologies
A veteran teacher laments the trend toward mandated curriculum and argues that teachers should choose materials that address students’ lives and social issues.
Acting In and On the World
Oregon students and teachers learn life lessons by participating in the ‘Theater of the Oppressed’.
Raising Money, Raising Consciousness
A writer and mother sifts through the fund-raising business and discovers that products that educate students and consumers and reward workers.
Despair, Hope, and the Future
UCLA professor blunts anti-public school rhetoric with honest insights on education.
Backpedaling Toward Plessy
When the Supreme Court overturned two desegregation plans, the majority opinion was based on a distortion of both programs, and of the history of desegregation in general.
Raised by Women
Building classroom relationships through poetry.
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.
Why We Banned Legos
Exploring power, ownership, and equity in an early childhood classroom.
The Tougher Standards Fad Hits Home
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The Shame of the Nation
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Reconstructing Race
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Teaching About Global Warming in Truck Country
Helping kids who’ve grown up in the truck culture” examine climate change.
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Rethinking Agatha Christie
The strange and offensive history of Ten Little Indians” (Hint: They weren’t always called “Indians.”)
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Playing with Gender
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Students Galvanize for Immigrant Rights
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“Bait and Switch”
Voucher advocates are fast-talking their way around a new report that cast doubts on the value of the program.