COVER STORY
Free Of Mice and Marginalization
Under pressure from parents, a high school English teacher assigns a classic: Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Her students' reactions lead her to a deeper understanding of what's wrong with “the canon.”
FEATURES
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.
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.
Free The Mystery of the 3 Scary Numbers
A classroom mixer prepares students to study “Global Warming's Terrifying New Math.”
Teaching Palestine
An interview with Palestinian educator Ziad Abbas
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.
Free 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
Excrement and equity
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.
DEPARTMENTS
Free Editorial
Clear-Cutting Our Schools
Free Action Education
Justice for Trayvon Martin
Free Good Stuff
The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos
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