You Shouldn’t Be Here: The story of Jovan Weaver and Wister Elementary
Social reproduction
Podcast about a teacher who went to Philly public schools and then became a teacher in them.
WHYY
Podcast
When Parents Teach Children (and Vice Versa)
Learning theory and practice
Article discussing the benefits of having elementary school children teach their parents in order to increase parent engagement.
NY Times
Article
Build a School in the Cloud
Learning theory and practice
TED Talk discussing the potential of "self-organized learning environments"- a model in which students with computer/Internet access explore Big Questions.
Sugata Mitra TED Talk
Video
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Learning theory and practice
TED Talk arguing that arts and creativity should play a larger role in education/curricula.
Sir Ken Robinson TED Talk
Video
Why Poor Schools Can't Win at Standardized Testing
Social reproduction
Article arguing that since the companies that make standardized tests also make expensive textbooks that poor schools cannot afford, students at these schools are disadvantaged.
The Atlantic
Article
Government Watchdog Finds Racial Bias in School Discipline
Policy
Article discussing findings that schools discipline students of different races differently.
NY Times
Article
How America's Public Schools Keep Kids in Poverty
Social reproduction
TED Talk discussing inequities within the education system and how this contributes to social reproduction.
Kandice Summer TED Talk
Video
My Little Hundred Million
Policy
Podcast episode discussing some history of educational philanthropy.
Revisionist History
Podcast
Are Private Schools Immoral?
A conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones about race, education, and hypocrisy.
Social reproduction
Interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones discussing segregation, school choice, private schools, and gentrification.
The Atlantic
Article
Family by Family, How School Segregation Still Happens
Social reproduction
Article discussing school choice and its role in ongoing segregation.
NY Times
Article
Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools replacing suspensions with ‘restorative’ conversations
Policy
Article about a school district implementing restorative justice after the approach was successful in one school.
The Herald Sun
Article
Why Schools Fail to Teach Slavery's Hard History
Learning theory and practice
Article highlights findings from Teaching Tolerance's "Teaching Hard History" report, which examines curricula and teacher and student experiences of discussing slavery.
NPR
Article
Success Academy’s Radical Educational Experiment
Learning theory and practice
Article discussing the contradictions, goals, and outcomes of Success Academy charter schools.
The New Yorker
Article
The Case For Sex Education in Kindergarten
Learning theory and practice
Article examining comprehensive sexuality and relationship education in the Netherlands.
PBS
Article
Teaching Social Justice vs. Living in a Just Environment
Learning theory and practice
Article by a Philly Free School parent emphasizing that a true "social justice curriculum" cannot exist within an unjust education system/school.
Philly Free School
Article
Noam Chomsky on the Role of the Educational System
Social reproduction
Noam Chomsky answers a question about the education system's role in maintaining the social order.
Video
Gates Foundation failures show philanthropists shouldn’t be setting America's public school agenda
Policy
Op-ed discussing Gates Foundation's failed attempts at school reform and the need for government, as opposed to private, funding and reform.
LA Times
Article
The Danger of a Single Story
Social reproduction
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Chimamanda Adichie TED Talk
Video
How The Systemic Segregation Of Schools Is Maintained By 'Individual Choices'
Social reproduction
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NPR
Podcast
Choosing a School for my Daughter in a Segregated City
Social reproduction
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NY Times
Article
The Problem We All Live With
Policy
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This American Life
Podcast
Ruby Bridges Photos
Policy
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Rare Historical Photos
Photo
More Than a Score: Giving Students a Solid Chance
Policy
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Jesse Hagopian TED Talk
Video
Neuroscientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty
Learning theory and practice
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WIRED
Video
Why America's Schools Have a Money Problem
Policy
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NPR
Article
‘It Has to Start Somewhere’: Grass-Roots Drive to Integrate New York Schools
Policy
Article discussing strategies used by schools attempting to become more integrated.
NY Times
Article
New Jersey Law Codifies School Segregation, Suit Says
Policy
Article about a law suit alleging that a law preventing children from attending school in other municipalities codifies school segregation.
NY Times
Article
Why Are New York’s Schools Segregated? It’s Not as Simple as Housing
Policy
Article examines the effects of school choice on segregation within NYC public schools.
NY Times
Article
De Blasio’s Plan for NYC Schools Isn’t Anti-Asian. It’s Anti-Racist.
Policy
Op-ed supporting De Blasio's reforms, including less focus on testing, for the admission to top public high schools in NYC.
NY Times
Article
How Entitled Parents Hurt Schools
Social reproduction
Op-ed discusses "opportunity hoarding" by wealthy parents.
NY Times
Article
The Tyranny of the Curriculum
Social reproduction
TED Talk on hidden curriculum and various (un)schooling approaches.
Shawn Cornally TED Talk
Video
Is This Working?
Policy
Podcast on school discipline, with a focus on restorative justice approaches.
This American Life
Podcast
Current Data on US Education System
Policy
Graphics providing data on education in the US, including Head Start and Pell Grant data.
USA Facts
Graphic
The Hidden Curricula of Education
Social reproduction
Video interview with Douglas Kellner discussing education as a source of social reproduction in the U.S.
Douglas Kellner
Video
The key to effective educational science videos
Learning theory and practice
Video discussing what makes an effective educational science video.
Derek Muller TED Talk
Video
Let's use video to reinvent education
Learning theory and practice
Video discussing technology as a way to reconceptualize education.
Sal Khan TED Talk
Video
Are Crows the Ultimate Problem Solvers? | Inside the Animal Mind
Learning theory and practice
Video showing the impressive results of behaviorist training of crows.
BBC Earth
Video
Modern-Day Segregation in Public Schools
Policy
Article reports on tracking as a modern form of school segregation.
The Atlantic
Article
Love is All You Need (Full Length)
Social reproduction
20 minute film about a world in which being gay is treated as being straight actually is.
Video
Unequal Opportunities: Fewer Resources, Worse Outcomes for Students in Schools with Concentrated Poverty
Social reproduction
Article examines relationships between poverty, resources, and student outcomes in Virginia schools
The Commonwealth Institute
Article
Teacher Diversity in America
Policy
Article series examines issues of teacher diversity in U.S. schools
Brookings Institute
Article
The nation is focused on students and gun violence. But kids in urban schools want to know, where’s everybody been?
Policy
Article considering public discourse surrounding school safety, gun violence, and racism.
Washington Post
Article
Trump’s School Safety Commission Won’t Look at Guns, Betsy DeVos Says
Policy
Article discussing how a school safety commission will not look at issues of gun violence.
NY Times
Article
Let's Stop Talking About The '30 Million Word Gap'
Social reproduction
Podcast deconstructing the idea of the "word gap" and examining the racism behind it
NPR
Podcast
english
Kicking It Up a Notch: Becoming a Culturally Relevant Science Educator
Learning Theory and Practice
Article discussing culturally relevant teaching for science educators
The Node
Article
For parents who can afford it, a solution for fall: Bring the teachers to them
Social reproduction
Article on inequities of pandemic pods
Washington Post
Article
The Prison Industrial Complex Is...
Policy
Digital zine exploring the prison industrial complex
Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective
Zine
Political Encounters: Pandemic Schooling for Justice, Part 1
Social reproduction
Podcast episode discussing pandemic schooling
Professor Edwin Mayorga
USALA Media
Video
Equity in Pandemic Schooling: An Action Guide for Families, Educators, and Communities
Resistance and liberation
Guide containing action steps to advance and center equity in pandemic schooling
Erica Turner with Equity in Action Committee
Toolkit
Operant Conditioning (Skinner Experiment and Interview)
Learning Theory and Practice
Video outlining Skinner's operant conditioning experiment with pigeons
Video
Dear Educators... This is a lot.
Learning Theory and Practice
Article on recognizing the learning children are already necessarily doing during the pandemic, with a call for educators to be compassionate with themselves.
Jen Bradley, Beyond the Stoplight
Article
A Letter to Teachers on the Use of Stoplights in the Classroom
Learning theory and practice
Article urging teachers to use behavior management/discipline techniques other than the "stoplight," which relies on shaming.
Jen Bradley, Beyond the Stoplight
Article
Storyboard
Learning theory and practice
Videos on their own experiences produced by youth as part of Storyboard, a Swarthmore student's Lang project.
Storyboard
Video
Abolitionist Teaching and the Future of Our Schools
Resistance and liberation
A conversation with Bettina Love, Gholdy Muhammad, Dena Simmons, and Brian Jones about abolitionist teaching and antiracist education.
Haymarket Books
Video
Hip Hop, Grit, and Academic Success
Learning theory and practice
TED Talk on hip hop as a cultural legacy of Black genius and the role that it can and should play in Black education.
Bettina Love TED Talk
Video
Families Priced Out of "Learning Pods" Seek Alternatives
Social reproduction
Article on inequities of "pandemic pods"
NY Times
Article
The Class Divide: Remote Learning at 2 Schools, Public and Private
Social reproduction
Article on inequities of online learning at public vs. private schools in the midst of the pandemic
NY Times
Article
"Pandemic Pods" Raise Concerns About Equity
Social reproduction
Brief podcast on inequities of "pandemic pods"
NPR
Podcast
Why Critical Hope May Be the Resource Kids Need Most From Their Teachers
Resistance and liberation
Article including discussion with the founder of Roses in Concrete School on the importance of "critical hope" for students in poverty and those facing complex trauma.
KQED
Article
No Child Left Behind (Poem)
Policy
Poem describing an education system that is working to leave children behind as they and their families fight.
Dominique Christina & Denice Frohman
Video
Simon Says (Poem)
Social reproduction
Poem illustrating the school-to-prison pipeline as a game of "simon says."
Ashley Davis & Oompa
Video
Nice White Parents
Social reproduction
Podcast examining inequities in the education system with a focus on the role of "nice white parents."
NY Times
Podcast
Get Free: Hip Hop Civics
Resistance and liberation
Videos, readings, activism connections, and other resources to teach activism through "hip hop civics."
Bettina Love
Curriculum
Teaching to Thrive
Resistance and liberation
New podcast from the Abolitionist Teaching Network on teaching for Black and Brown students to thrive, not just survive.
Abolitionist Teaching Network
Podcast
The Critical Resistance Abolition Organizing Toolkit
Resistance and liberation
Extensive toolkit providing a variety of resources for abolitionist organizing.
Critical Resistance
Toolkit
Families of Children With Special Needs Are Suing In Several States. Here's Why.
Policy
Article on special education during the coronavirus pandemic.
NPR
Article
17 Million Students Lack Home Internet. With No Relief From Congress In Sight, Schools Deploy an Awkward Mix of Buses, Mobile Hotspots to Get Them Online.
Policy
Article on the technology gap during the coronavirus pandemic, and strategies districts are using to address the issue.
The 74 Million
Article
"Absolutely, I'm Worried": For Children With Special Needs, Unprecedented Coronavirus School Closures Bring Confusion, Uncertainty
Policy
Article examining a variety of perspectives on special education during the coronavirus pandemic.
The 74 Million
Article
Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus Crisis
Learning theory and practice
Article for caregivers and educators on talking with kids about the pandemic.
Child Mind Institute
Article
White People: A Documentary
Social reproduction
Documentary about whiteness, examining conversations with young white people and their friends of color.
Define American
Video
What Is Systemic Racism?
Social reproduction
Video series on different manifestations of systemic racism.
Race Forward
Video
Black Lives Matter Founders Describe "Paradigm Shift" In the Movement
Resistance and liberation
Podcast featuring interviews with the founders of BLM.
NPR
Podcast
198 Methods of Nonviolent Action
Resistance and liberation
Organized list of 198 different methods of nonviolent action.
Albert Einstein Institution
Article
Black Lives Matter Syllabus
Resistance and liberation
Frank Leon Roberts' syllabus featuring many resources on Black Lives Matter.
Frank Leon Roberts, NYU
Curriculum
Image for Pandemic Schooling Page
If Opening Schools is About Equity, Why Aren't We Listening to Those Most Impacted?
Policy
Article emphasizing the need to listen to those most impacted by the covid-19 pandemic when deciding what to do about schools in fall 2020.
Jen Roesch
Article
Honoring Black Lives Virtual Picture Book Library
Resistance and Liberation
Virtual library with links to picture books honoring and celebrating Black people.
Jillian Heise and Lauren Strohecker
Digital library
5 Things Every Kid Should Know About Disability- Raising Anti-Ableist Kids
Resistance and Liberation
Article describing what kids need to learn about disability, and highlighting picture books to use and some to avoid.
Ashia, Raising Luminaries
Article
Teaching 6 Year-Olds About Privilege and Power
Resistance and liberation
An article about a private school teacher who intentionally discusses power and privilege with his first-graders.
KQED
Article
"They Lit Up When They Saw Them": Hopkins Kindergarten Classroom Welcomes Dolls Wearing Hijabs.
Learning theory and practice
Article highlighting the positive impacts of dolls that represent the children who play with them.
SW News Media
Article
Disability and Sexuality
Learning Theory and Practice
LGBTQ+ and youth- friendly video addressing common myths about sexuality and disability.
AMAZE
Video
Beyond the Medal: Representations of Disability in Caldecott Winners
Learning theory and practice
Article interrogating representations of disability in books that won the Caldecott Medal.
Rethinking Schools
Article
10 Tips for Reading Picture Books Through a Race-Conscious Lens
Learning theory and practice
An article with concise suggestions for caregivers and educators on how to address race through picture books.
Embrace Race
Article
New Data Shows How Parents Accidentally Pass on Racial Prejudice to Kids
Social reproduction
Article describing a study that shows how children pick up their parents' racial attitudes even when these are not explicitly expressed.
Fatherly
Article
We Are the Radical Monarchs
Resistance and liberation
Video on the Radical Monarchs, a group of girls of color who learn strategies for resistance and liberation.
PBS
Video
Sign Language Tweet
Learning theory and practice
Tweet about teaching sign language in public schools instead of cursive.
Kait Fitzpatrick
Tweet
Empowering Educators: A Guidebook on Race and Racism
Resistance and liberation
A basic primer on/introduction to antiracist pedagogy.
First Book & Pizza Hut
Toolkit
Moving at the Speed of Trust: Disability Justice and Transformative Justice
Resistance and liberation
Videos, including a recording of an April, 2020 event, on the intersections of disability justice and transformative justice
Barnard Center for Research on Women
Video
Something Happened in Our Town
Policy
A reading of the children's book Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard, which addresses racial injustice.
Atlantis School For Gifted Youngsters
Video
From Linguistic Racism to Linguistic Justice and Liberation: Black Language, Literacy, and Learning
Resistance and liberation
A webinar with Dr. Aisha White, Dr. April Baker-Bell, and Dr. Valerie Kinloch on Black Language in schools.
University of Pittsburgh School of Education
Video
Woke Read Alouds: Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
Resistance and liberation
A clip of Woke Kindergarten's Woke Read Alouds: Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, in which Akiea uses a picture book to discuss respectability politics and Black children's hair.
Woke Kindergarten
Video
Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
Resistance and liberation
Anti-racist resources for white people in different stages of developing their own racial identities.
Anna Stamborski, Nikki Zimmermann, and Bailie Gregory
Article
G: The Miseducation of Larry P
Social reproduction
A podcast exploring the history of intelligence testing and some of the issues surrounding it
Radiolab
Podcast
Political Encounters: Pandemic Schooling for Students with Dis/abilities: A Conversation with Dr. María Cioè-Peña
Social reproduction
Podcast episode discussing pandemic schooling for students with disabilities
Professor Edwin Mayorga
USALA Media
Podcast
A Guide to Coded Language in Education, Vol. 1
Social reproduction
Guide explaining how various terms used within/about education obscure oppression and white supremacy
@subversive.thread
Guide
Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education
Social reproduction
A report featuring various large-scale findings on race and ethnicity in U.S. higher education
American Council on Education
Graphic
An Anti-Racist Animation Syllabus
Resistance and liberation
A syllabus of resources related to anti-racism within the field of animation.
Mihaela Mihailova at Fantasy Animation
Curriculum