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Drop That Knowledge

Review of Drop That Knowledge: Youth Radio Stories by Elisabeth Soep and Vivian Chvez (University of California Press, 2010)

Resources 25.1

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Every School a Sanctuary

In the 1980s, as refugees from U.S.-sponsored wars in Central America sought safety in the United States—only to be declared “illegal aliens” by the government—progressive churches and communities throughout the […]

Letters to the Editors 25.2

Right’s Attack on Cincinnati Public Schools Two Cincinnati educators, principal Virginia Rhodes and veteran science teacher Dennis McFadden, were suspended for two weeks after Tom Brinkman Jr., a conservative Republican representative […]

What’s Up with All the Teacher Bashing?

It’s hard not to take it personally: A few months ago, the cover of Newsweek consisted of 11 sentences in chalk on a blackboard. They all said the same thing: “We must […]

Letters to the Editors 24.4

TFA Ignores Hard QuestionsI was a 2007 Teach for America corps member in New Mexico, where I taught social studies at Shiprock High School. I read Barbara Miner’s article (“Looking […]

Short Stuff 24.4

March 4 Protests to Defend Public Education Students and teachers in at least 32 states and as far away as South Africa participated in a March 4 Day of Action […]

New Looks at Old Problems

The History of White PeopleBy Nell Irvin Painter(WW Norton, 2010)496 pp. $27.95 Making an Extraordinary School: The Work of Ordinary PeopleBy Len Solo(Publish America, 2010)200 pp. $24.95 For  years I […]

Resources 24.4

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Letters to the Editor 24.3

Pros and Cons of Accelerated Reading I’m writing in regard to Susan Straight’s article, “Reading by the Numbers” (Winter 2009). I successfully used the Accelerated Reading (AR) software at the […]

Oregonians Vote to Tax the Rich

In January, while right-wing pundits were crowing about Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts, voters in Oregon sent a different message to the nation: Tax the rich. Oregon is dealing with […]

Getting It Exactly Right

Artful Sentences: Syntax as StyleBy Virginia Tufte(Graphics Press, 2006)310 pp. $16 Beautiful EvidenceBy Edward Tufte(Graphics Press, 2006)214 pp. $52 Syntax is the way sentences are put together, and the way […]

Short Stuff 24.1

Texas Conservatives Push Social Studies to the Right The Texas State Board of Education, dominated by Republicans and advised by conservative “experts,” is in the process of revising the curriculum […]

Resources 24.1

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Letters to the Editors 24.2

“Teachable Moments” Short on Data? Imagine my surprise when a colleague passed on a copy of your publication (“Teachable Moments” Summer 2009) and I found myself reading an article that […]

Short Stuff 24.2

Resistance to Mayoral Control in Milwaukee Milwaukee activists have organized the largest coalition on education issues since the desegregation struggles of the late 1970s: the Milwaukee Coalition to Stop the […]

Good Stuff 24.2 Sports and Society

A People’s History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play By Dave Zirin(The New Press, 2008)302 pp. $18.95 Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading […]

Resources 24.2

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When the Gender Boxes Don’t Fit

The first day of high school is hard enough. Walking down the halls, trying to find my next class, surrounded by a sea of people who looked hundreds of years older, I felt like I had a red blinking sign over my head that flashed freshman every five seconds.

Resources 23.1

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