Patterns of Errors Check List
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Mortgage Loans-Is Racism a Factor?
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NAACP Sues Florida The NAACP filed suit in August against Florida’s education department, claiming that its grade-promotion standardized test (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, FCAT)) discriminates against Black students who lack […]
Additional Information on Military Spending
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The Politics of Correction
How we can nurture students in their writing and help them learn the language of power
Nurturing student writing to make it language of power”.”
Writing ‘Essays with an Attitude’
Teaching for equity and justice is more important than ever.
Rethinking Our Classrooms
Teaching for Equity and Justice
Teaching for equity and justice is more important than ever.
Time to Renew Movements for Justice
A Rethinking Schools Editorial
Encourage movements for social justice at the national level.
Houston’s ‘Zero Dropout
Texas schools report dropout rates, Enron style.
Head Start or Head Backwards?
Republican bill undercuts program that helps low-income children prepare for school
Republicans deliberately undermining Head Start.
Field Trip
A teacher observes social inequities during a class trip.
Talking Wrong
A mother tries to leave her Southern accent behind.
Money, Schools and Justice
State-by-state battle for funding equity gets mixed results
State-by-state battle for funding equity gets mixed results.
Urban Students Tackle Research on Inequality
High schoolers see school funding inequities for themselves.
Understanding Large Numbers
Using the current military budget to explore large numbers
Home Buying While Brown or Black
Teaching mathematics for racial justice
Mathematics for racial justice using mortgage loans.
Forgive and Remember
An English teacher reflects on the power of teaching forgiveness through poetry and art
Teaching forgiveness through poetry and art.
Unacceptable
Labelling schools low-performing” has consequences for all.”
Unwrapping the Holidays
A teacher reflects on a difficult first year
A first-year teacher’s naivety has repercussions.
