Table of Contents
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The Tougher Standards Fad Hits Home
Invoking “accountability” and “competitiveness” to justify homework
By Alfie Kohn -
Free
Educational Land Grab
By the editors of Rethinking Schools
For predatory "disaster capitalists," Hurricane Katrina was another opportunity to cash in on disaster, and the resulting chaos has left schools fragmented and confused.
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Dismantling a Community
In Katrina’s wake, a baffling array of school systems has been created. A timeline compiled by Leigh Dingerson, the Center for Community Change
translation missing: en.articles.compileds Leigh DingersonA timeline compiled by Leigh Dingerson, the Center for Community Change
- Voices from the Big Uneasy
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Hurricane Katrina
Reading injustice, celebrating solidarity
By Linda Christensen -
Solidarity Not Charity
An interview with Shakoor Aljuwani of the Common Ground Collective
By Larry Miller -
It Is About All of Us
A union leader speaks out against the injustice in New Orleans
By Brenda MitchellExcerpts from a speech by the president of United Teachers of New Orleans.
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Into the Flood and Out Again
A year in the life of a New Orleans schoolteacher
By LauraElizabeth Adelman-Cannon -
Exploding the Privatization Myth
Charter and private schools are no better than public schools and sometimes worse
By Barbara Miner -
Socrates, Plato, Eric and Guys Like Me
Remembering Eric Rofes (1954~2006)
By Jeff Sapp Remembering educator and activist Eric Rofes (1954~2006). -
Overhauling NCLB
It’s time to mobilize for an education law that actually improves schools
By Monty Neill -
Deepening Democracy
How one school’s fairness committee offers an alternative to “discipline”
By Maria Hantzopoulos -
Fear of History
Florida’s new law undermines critical thinking
By Robert Jensen -
Bringing Globalization Home
A high school teacher helps immigrant students draw on their own expertise
By Jody Sokolower -
Rethinking School Readiness
An entire community comes together to discuss how to make schools work for children
By Debra R. Sullivan -
Rethinking Teacher Unions
A film on Mexican teachers presents an activist, hopeful vision of unionism
By Lois Weiner - Resources
- Reviews
- Help
- To
- Honoring Community
- Does Anybody Know?
- Getting School Ready
- Good Stuff
- Immigration Story
Featured Books
Featured Books
Rethinking Bilingual Education
Rethinking Bilingual Education is an exciting new collection of articles about bringing students’ home languages into our classrooms.
Reading, Writing, and Rising Up - 2nd Edition
For almost two decades, teachers have looked to Reading, Writing, and Rising Up as a trusted text to integrate social justice teaching in language arts classrooms.
Rethinking Multicultural Education 2nd Edition
This new and expanded edition collects the best articles dealing with race and culture in the classroom that have appeared in Rethinking Schools magazine.