books by Rethinking Schools, Ltd.     books:     Rethinking Schools...      Rethinking Our Classrooms: Teaching For Equity and Justice - Volume 2 Rethinking Schools Ltd, 2001 Recommened for social justice teaching [....]I highly recommend this book for teachers who seek to raise issues of cultural awareness, racism, sexism, poverty and injustice in their classroom RS articles are written for teachers and most of them are written by practicing teachers, not university professors. ...             The Line Between Us: Teaching About the Border and Mexican Immigration Bill Bigelow Rethinking Schools, Ltd, 2006 Gave Me the Confidence to Teach I approached few subjects with more trepidation than Mexican immigration, because every conversation with my students unleashed a torrent of emotions reflecting the everyday stereotypes, fear-mongering and downright bigotry towards immigrants that I hated but felt ...             New Teacher Book: Finding Purpose, Balance and Hope During Your First Years in the Classroom Rethinking Schools Ltd, 2004 Humane, compassionate teaching for the 21st century This book -- and the organization that sponsored it -- is truly forward-thinking in how the authors, all veteran teachers, view teaching, learning, and students. And considering how short it is, it's amazingly comprehensive. It covers many aspects of teaching, ...             Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson Rethinking Schools Ltd, 2002 An incredible resource! Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson have put together a compendium of articles that attest to their central claim that, when thinking about the globalization phenomenon, "everything is connected. You can't really understand what's going on in one part of the world without ...             Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching About Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word Linda Christensen Rethinking Schools Ltd, 2000 A loving, caring teacher for social justice I'm so glad Ms. Christensen has collected many of her articles from the popular social justice journal, Rethinking Schools. I've known Linda for several years and I've find her to be a teacher who goes the extra mile to bring relevant, culturally conscious teaching to ...             Rethinking Our Classrooms Vol 1 - Revised Edition Wayne Au; Bill Bigelow; and Stan Karp Rethinking Schools, Ltd, 2007 Excellent Excellent insight. It will be a resource for many years, and a launching pad for further work. Highly recommended for those interested in the teachers-perspective to social change and education action.             Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years Rethinking Schools Ltd, 1998 Excellent This is a wonderful book about atrocity and genocide. It should be reqiured in every public school in the U.S.             Failing Our Kids: Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools Kathy Swope, Barb Miner Rethinking Schools Ltd, 2000 The long arm of standardized testing is reaching into every nook and cranny of education. Yet relying on standardized tests distorts student learning, exacerbates inequities for low income students and students of color, and undermines true accountability. Failing Our Kids includes more than 50 aticles that provide a compelling critique of ...             Rethinking Our Classrooms: Teaching for Equity and Justice Rethinking Schools Ltd, 1994 Beyond 'PC" An excellent collection of ideas and experience that will move, inspire and instruct teachers who are concerned about ALL their children. [and who are not creepily consumed by their own bitterness] See also "Beyond Heroes and Holidays"             Open Minds to Equality - A Sourcebook of Learning Activities to Affirm Diversity and Promote Equity Nancy Schniedewind; Ellen Davidson Rethinking Schools, Ltd., 2006 Open Minds to Equality is an educator's sourcebook of activities to help students understand and change inequalities based on race, gender, class, age, language, sexual orientation, physical/mental ability, and religion. The activities also promote respect for diversity and interpersonal equality among students, fostering a classroom that is ...             Selling Out Our Schools: Vouchers, Markets, and the Future of Public Education Robert Lowe, Barbara Miner Rethinking Schools Ltd, 1996 This booklet looks at one of the hottest controversies in school reform: vouchers, and explains how these experiments threaten basic concepts of equality and opportunity. It also discusses broader efforts to privatize public schools and make them beholden to the forces of the marketplace. Includes more than 35 articles by national leaders in ...             Keeping the Promise?: The Debate over Charter Schools Rethinking Schools Ltd, 2008          products you might be interested in search for books activities, classrooms, globalization, immigration, rethinking, sourcebook      toavi.com    web we recommend Excellent randomly chosen VHS: 200 Motels