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Reinventing Teachers’ Unions
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New Teachers’ Union Movement in the Making
How did Chicago teachers win their strike? What is the significance of their victory? What’s next?
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Free “When Are You Going to Come Visit?”
Home visits and seeing our students
A 4th-grade teacher visits her students’ families and realizes how much she has been missing about their lives.
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.
One of Carberry’s students explains how the film Precious Knowledge changed her feelings about herself and her family.
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
Why we need to teach environmental history
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.
Free The Character of Our Content
A parent confronts bias in early elementary literature
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.
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Stanford/Pearson Test for New Teachers Draws Fire
Free Short Stuff
School-to-Prison Pipeline in Mississippi
Major Victories for Maple Spring
Free Good Stuff
Literature for Young Bilingual Readers
Our picks for books, videos, websites, and other resources for social justice teaching.
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