Talking to Young Children About COVID-19
COVID-19 descended upon Seattle, seeping in like a fog first in small ways, then eventually in signals we couldn’t ignore. Stores were empty, hours at our early childhood center were […]
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The Last Time
I went swimming for the last time last summer in late August. I had a tattoo planned for the next weekend, which would mean a few weeks of no swimming — […]
Forced Survival Stitch
I remember my grandmother teaching meHow to sew. It never made sense. I never had the hands. But I always had the handsFor teaching. I was taught how To thread the perfect lessonTogether. Crafting […]
The Pandemic Is a Portal
Who can use the term “gone viral” now without shuddering a little? Who can look at anything anymore — a door handle, a cardboard carton, a bag of vegetables — […]
“I Don’t Like China or Chinese People Because They Started This Quarantine”
On April 20, 2020, blogger LittleGrayThread made a Facebook post of a note her daughter had written. She reported that in a Zoom class meeting, one of her daughter’s 2nd-grade […]
Crisis, Change, and Canceling the Teacher Performance Assessment
As former K–12 teachers who are now teacher educators in California, we share grave concern regarding the expectation for preservice teachers to complete their Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA) in order […]
Teachers and the Struggle for Paid Family Leave
Last fall, California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, signed a sweeping array of progressive legislation into law. Among the many bills he enacted included legislation granting collective bargaining rights to the […]
Paid Leave in the Time of a Pandemic
Educators know firsthand what lack of paid family and medical leave means for their students and families — and for themselves. Now, the pandemic has dramatically elevated the need for […]
From the Race to the Top to the Plunge to the Bottom
Horror movie sequels are notoriously bad. This one may be the worst. In 2009, federal intervention during the last financial crisis gave rise to the Obama administration’s signature education initiative: […]
“My Family’s Not from Africa-We Come from North Carolina!”
An African American middle school teacher changes her African American students understanding of Africa and their own history.
“Multiplication Is for White People”
Delpit discusses major issues from her new book, “Multiplication Is for White People”: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children, with an emphasis on the relationship between racism and special needs.
Boot Camp for Education CEOs
An investigation of the training program that filled 48 percent of all large district superintendent openings last year.
Saving Mango Street
When her small, rural hometown bans The House on Mango Street from the middle school curriculum, a college student organizes her former classmates to get the ruling overturned.
“When Are You Going to Come Visit?”
A 4th-grade teacher visits her students families and realizes how much she has been missing about their lives.
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Precious Knowledge: Teaching Solidarity with Tucson
A high school history teacher centers a study of social movements on the fight over the Mexican American Studies program in Tucson. His students spread the knowledge.
Your Struggle Is My Struggle
One of Carberry’s students explains how the film Precious Knowledge changed her feelings about herself and her family.
Lessons from the Heartland
An excerpt from the newly published Lessons from the Heartland: A Turbulent Half-Century of Public Education in an Iconic American City focuses on the history of vouchers in Milwaukee.
Stealing and Selling Nature
A history teacher argues that students need to know the environmental history of our current crises including how nature was turned into a commodity to be bought and sold.
The Character of Our Content
Her daughter’s homework-a story that legitimizes rape and extols whiteness as the standard for beauty-leads a parent to question the balance between teaching skills and teaching content.
Learning in the Digital Age: Control or Connection?
A teacher educator explores the contradictory nature of technology in education.
Books About Contemporary Palestine for Children
It’s difficult to find accurate books on Palestine for young readers. A former teacher educator describes resources for K-8 students, including picture books, nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.
The Danger of a Single Story
A master teacher responds to the endangerment of our youth with powerful essays and powerful essay writing.
From Johannesburg to Tucson
The courage, determination, and political insight of Tucson students bring to mind students who battled for liberatory education in South Africa.
Immigration, Sports, and Resistance
After Carlos Borja built an award-winning track team, he was fired for refusing to oust his assistant coach, who was undocumented.
Fracking
A 9th-grade social studies teacher uses Gasland to help her students explore the environmental and social impact of hydraulic extraction of natural gas.
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