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May 2009 | Volume 66 | Number 8
Marge Scherer
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Charles C. Haynes
School is where to practice what civics classes teach.
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Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen
Accountability and teaching ethics need not be at odds.
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Peter Levine
When it comes to participating in political life, too many non-college-bound students are marginalized.
Richard Weissbourd
A call for parents and teachers to collaborate on behalf of all the school's children.
Laurel Schmidt
Teaching students about interdependence through social action is a lesson that can stick.
Mike Weilbacher
How can we build on students' interest in all things green?
Deborah Meier
Why schools are uniquely suited to teach democratic values.
Rahima Wade
With small actions, elementary students make a big splash.
Scott Seider
Counterintuitive ideas about how to inspire empathy and activism.
Molly Schen and Barry Gilmore
Facing History and Ourselves places students at the moral heart of historic decisions.
Sarah Hershey and Veronica Reilly
Middle schoolers in San Francisco study homelessness and poverty.
Dan Bresman, Abigail Erdmann and Kirsten Olson
An alternative school convenes its own town meetings.
Gloria T. Alter
When Milwaukee teachers found their textbooks wanting, they spoke up.
Suzanne Miller, Kerry Weisner, J. Spencer Edmunds and Amanda Wall
Three programs take students beyond individual interests into a larger world.
Robin R. Collins
A teacher recalls the moment when her students became a class.
Jane L. David
W. James Popham
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Joanne Rooney
Douglas B. Reeves
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Deborah Perkins-Gough
EL readers comment on the March issue.
Deirdra Grode
Service learning not only contributes to academic learning, but also makes students enthusiastic learners.
Adam Howard
How to counteract the hidden messages that say, "Do whatever it takes to win."
Meg Simpson
Welcome to the Aquarium: A Year in the Lives of Children by Julie Diamond
Teresa Preston
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