We asked a group of radical educators to weigh in on what they hoped would be part of any 2020 presidential candidate's education platform.
RETHINKING SCHOOLS MAGAZINE
The 2020 Election and the World Our Students Deserve
Volume 34, No. 1 — Fall 2019 Table of Contents
A teacher creates a "welcome" poems lesson to celebrate the diversity of students — and with students, turns those poems into action as a way to combat hate on campus.
“Do You Have Batman Shoulders?”
Middle school math students explore the disproportions of their favorite childhood toys
A math teacher uses Barbies and action figures to teach proportional reasoning and other skills — and to help students think about society's expectations of our shapes and sizes.
Walk the Line
On the ground during the historic Los Angeles teachers’ strike
A Los Angeles teacher paints an intimate self-portrait of what it was actually like on the picket line during one of the most important public sector strikes in recent years.
Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian interviews Gillian Russom, a teacher and leader with UTLA, about how the Los Angeles teachers' strike was organized, what it won, and what it could mean for the future of the #RedForEd movement.
A high school English teacher deconstructs "Hero's Journey" curriculum, shows its patriarchal prejudice, and talks about teaching collective rather than only individual transformation.
Diversity Is What Makes It Interesting to Study Living Things
Teaching gender diversity in biology
A biology teacher focuses on how rethinking classroom language around gender and reproduction can impact inclusion.
A special education teacher talks about the importance of sharing her own stories — and complexities — with students.
Fred Glass reviews Eric Blanc's Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics