Rethinking Elementary Education

Rethinking Elementary Education collects the finest writing about elementary school life and learning from 25 years of Rethinking Schools magazine. The articles in this volume offer practical insights about how to integrate the teaching of content with a social justice lens, how to seek wisdom from students and their families, and how to navigate stifling tests and mandates. Teachers and parents will find both inspiration and hope in these pages. The indispensable resource for social justice elementary educators in six parts: Part 1: Building Classroom Community Part 2: Reading and Writing Toward a More Just World Part 3: Minding Media Part 4: Math is More than Numbers Part 5: Laboratory for Justice: Science Across the Curriculum Part 6: The Classroom, The School, The World