May 2009
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May 2009 | Volume 66 | Number 8
Teaching Social Responsibility
Feature Articles
Perspectives / Taking Higher Ground
Marge Scherer
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Schools of Conscience
Charles C. Haynes
School is where to practice what civics classes teach.
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Measuring Social Responsibility
Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen
Accountability and teaching ethics need not be at odds.
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The Civic Opportunity Gap
Peter Levine
When it comes to participating in political life, too many non-college-bound students are marginalized.
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The Schools We Mean to Be
Richard Weissbourd
A call for parents and teachers to collaborate on behalf of all the school's children.
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Stirring Up Justice
Laurel Schmidt
Teaching students about interdependence through social action is a lesson that can stick.
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The Window into Green
Mike Weilbacher
How can we build on students' interest in all things green?
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Democracy at Risk
Deborah Meier
Why schools are uniquely suited to teach democratic values.
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A Pebble in a Pond
Rahima Wade
With small actions, elementary students make a big splash.
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Social Justice in the Suburbs
Scott Seider
Counterintuitive ideas about how to inspire empathy and activism.
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Lighting the Moral Imagination
Molly Schen and Barry Gilmore
Facing History and Ourselves places students at the moral heart of historic decisions.
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"Hobo" Is Not a Respectful Word
Sarah Hershey and Veronica Reilly
Middle schoolers in San Francisco study homelessness and poverty.
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A Learning Community Blossoms
Dan Bresman, Abigail Erdmann and Kirsten Olson
An alternative school convenes its own town meetings.
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Challenging the Textbook
Gloria T. Alter
When Milwaukee teachers found their textbooks wanting, they spoke up.
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Make It Personal
Suzanne Miller, Kerry Weisner, J. Spencer Edmunds and Amanda Wall
Three programs take students beyond individual interests into a larger world.
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Taking Care of One Another
Robin R. Collins
A teacher recalls the moment when her students became a class.
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Departments
What Research Says About … / Service Learning and Civic Participation
Jane L. David
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All About Assessment / Assessing Student Affect
W. James Popham
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The Principal Connection / This School Is About Kids
Joanne Rooney
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The Learning Leader / Avoiding the Land Mines
Douglas B. Reeves
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Special Report / Can Service Learning Keep Students in School?
Deborah Perkins-Gough
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ASCD Community in Action
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Readers Talk 2.0
EL readers comment on the March issue.
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Online Only
A Culture of Service Learning
Deirdra Grode
Service learning not only contributes to academic learning, but also makes students enthusiastic learners.
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Unlearning the Lessons of Privilege
Adam Howard
How to counteract the hidden messages that say, "Do whatever it takes to win."
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Book Review / Welcome to the Aquarium: A Year in the Lives of Children by Julie Diamond
Meg Simpson
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EL Study Guide
Teresa Preston
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