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From Rethinking Schools: Fighting Manufactured Chaos in Puerto Rico’s Public Schools
Home Volume 33, No. 1 — Fall 2018 Fighting Manufactured Chaos in Puerto Rico’s Public Schools Fighting Manufactured Chaos in Puerto Rico’s Public Schools By Mercedes Martínez, Jia Lee August 13 marked the first day of school for more than 319,000 students and 22,000 teachers in Puerto Rico. But instead of feeling prepared to start strong a year after Hurricane Maria, school communities across the island braced themselves for the manufactured mess to come.
From Rethinking Schools: Shock-Doctrine Schooling in Haiti
Two days before the 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti, my 1-year-old son and I accompanied my wife there for an HIV training course she was going to conduct. And two days after surviving the quake, we drove to the center of Port-au-Prince from the Pétion-Ville district, where we had been staying, and passed a school that had completely collapsed.
From Rethinking Schools: The Constant Testing of Black Brilliance
At the Black Teacher Project, an Oakland-based organization designed to uplift, develop, and sustain Black teachers across the nation, we often ask ourselves: “Why do you teach?” I am fueled, in part, by the memory of my 6th-grade teacher who refused to put me in the honors history class. I received an A in her class, and all children with an A were supposed to advance to honors.
From Rethinking Schools: “Love Is Shining in My Heart for You, Dear Haiti”
Home Volume 33, No. 1 — Fall 2018 “Love Is Shining in My Heart for You, Dear Haiti” “Love Is Shining in My Heart for You, Dear Haiti” By Natalie Labossiere “Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere.” That was the only fact about Haiti that my teachers drilled into our heads. This brief description was taught to me in every history class during my elementary, middle, and high school years, and was only mentioned when learning about the great Christopher Columbus.
From Rethinking Schools: Nurturing Student Activists in the Time of Trump
Home Volume 33, No. 1 — Fall 2018 Nurturing Student Activists in the Time of Trump Nurturing Student Activists in the Time of Trump The 2018–19 school year has begun at a time of terrifying climate disruption, seemingly endless war, spectacular inequality, xenophobic and fascist revival, police brutality — and a president fanning the flames of all of the above.
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