Rethinking Schools

How should grade-school teachers introduce such weighty topics as the War in Iraq, Corporate Globalization, and the War on Terror? What about issues such as immigration and the U.S./Mexican Border? Rethinking Schools began as a local effort to address problems such as basal readers, standardized testing, and textbook-dominated curriculum. Since its founding in 1986, it has grown into a nationally prominent publisher of educational materials, with subscribers in all 50 states, all 10 Canadian provinces, and many other countries.While the scope and influence of Rethinking Schools has changed, its basic orientation has not. Most importantly, it remains firmly committed to equity and to the vision that public education is central to the creation of a humane, caring, multiracial democracy. While writing for a broad audience, Rethinking Schools emphasizes problems facing urban schools, particularly issues of race. Bill Bigelow of Rethinking Schools is the co-editor of Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World and author of The Line Between Us which explores how to teach about the U.S./Mexican border.