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Some Favorite Books for Young Children
In December, with the support of the Peppercorn Foundation, Rethinking Schools sponsored a writers' retreat near Portland, Ore., for a number of early childhood educators from around the country. We asked retreat participants to share with us a few of their favorite books for working with young children. We include some of them here.
Framing the Family Tree

How teachers can be sensitive to students' family situations
Welcoming Kalenna
An early childhood teacher strives to make all her students feel at home
Strawberry Fields Forever?

An early childhood teacher draws on her past while teaching children of migrant farmworkers
Testing Lang

A terrific young reader runs smack into a fill-in the blank reading test and his teacher asks: How many kids like this are being left behind?
Holding Nyla
An inclusion classroom becomes the stage for learning and acceptance
What About Play?
When "screen time" and drills replace open-ended play, kids lose out
First and Second title both empty, Update me!
Not only do my students play in the classroom, but it’s good for them
Exploring Our Urban Wilderness
A second- and third-grade teacher helps his students discover the natural world in their urban environment
By Mark Hansen

Features

Free Heather's Moms Got Married
Second graders talk about gay marriage
'Is This Just Regular English?'

An English teacher examines how tracking affects her students
The Recruitment Minefield

Critical literacy activities can protect students against predatory military recruiting
By Bill Bigelow
Integrals and Equity

A math lesson prompts new awareness for prep school students-and their teacher
NO CHILD LEFT UNTESTED

By Wayne Au
Once again, educators are being told that we have to do more with less.

Essay

We Are the World
A call for solidarity among teachers around the world to combat forces of globalization and privatization

Departments Free

What Can One Elementary Teacher In Anytown, U.S.A. Do?
Resources
Short Stuff
Strange Stuff
Student Voices
10 Points to Consider Before Signing a Military Enlistment Agreement
Tips for Teachers
Resources on Family Diversity
Do You Get the Point?

Editorial

The Tsunami and Other Disasters

Action Education

California's Grassroots Grow

Reviews

Messing With Texas

Leaving Children Behind kicks up dust in the lone star state
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Rethinking Bilingual Education

Edited By Elizabeth Barbian, Grace Gonzales, Pilar Mejia

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

Authored By Linda Christensen

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.