Fear of History
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Bringing Globalization Home
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Rethinking School Readiness
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Rethinking Teacher Unions
What good are teacher unions? I joined the teachers union when I was a student teacher, though the union didn’t make it easy. Hardly anyone knew that student teachers could […]
‘Is This Just Regular English?’
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The Recruitment Minefield
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Integrals and Equity
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No Child Left Untested: Closing the Door on Our Kids
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Heather’s Moms Got Married
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Standardizing Imperialism
A look at how California’s standards discourage students from looking critically at U.S. foreign policy, and implicitly teach imperialism.
Measuring Water with Justice
A multidisciplinary lesson helps elementary students explore the economics, science, and politics of one of the world’s most precious resources.
Sweatshop Accounting
A high school teacher shares lessons on economic justice with his business-education students.
Editorial: A Nation at Risk
The Bush administration needs to be taken to task, both for the counterproductive and misnamed No Child Left Behind act and for the Iraq war, which threatens to siphon off more of our country’s resources and kill more of our students.
The No Child Left Behind Test
Since today’s education policymakers seem to love this format, Rethinking Schools presents a multiple-choice test on NCLB that unlike most multiple choice tests, this one has some educational value.
Leaving Children Behind
At first glance this elementary school would make a great ad for the No Child Left Behind act. But beneath the orderly classrooms and good test scores, the author senses great tension among the kids. At recess, students share insights about what NCLB is doing to them, and what makes school meaningful.
No Child Left Untested: The NCLB Zone
Au takes a trip to a strange world — this one, unfortunately — where “highly qualified” can mean low-quality teaching.”
The Strange History of School Desegregation
The past — and future — of desegregation in the United States.
Disabled Education
A legal advocate for people with disabilities realizes, through her own son’s experiences, the inequities in access, diagnosis, and services for children with special needs.
Standing Up for Tocarra
When a homophobic minister preaches about the “sin” of a transgender student at her funeral, a teacher leads her students to focus instead on the beautiful spirit of the young woman they loved.
The Mystery of the 3 Scary Numbers
A classroom mixer prepares students to study “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math.”
Teaching Palestine
Drawing on his experience growing up in a refugee camp in the West Bank and his work with youth, Abbas explores connections that bring Palestine to life for students in the United States.
Charter Schools and the Future of Public Education
Charter schools began as educator-initiated, local efforts to provide alternative approaches to education. What role are they playing now? And what is the impact on public education?
Schools That Change Communities
Bob Gliner’s film focuses on five schools in very different communities. Together, they provide a view of what is possible when education is grounded in civic engagement.
Rethinking Shit
A high school social studies teacher uses videos and frank discussion to lead students in a study of the sanitation crisis in poverty-stricken areas of the world, and the connection to global patterns of wealth and power.
My So-Called Public School
A teacher uses her own school to illustrate how school foundations perpetuate inequality within districts and states.