Challenges and Contested Ground in Early Childhood Education By Louise Derman-Sparks Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it’s the presence of justice.” Consistent with that perspective, the impetus for anti-bias education work is rooted in a desire to build just early childhood programs for all children. […]
Banned Books and Publishing Industry Censorship
By Amy Rothschild, early childhood educator Banned Book week provides us the chance to reflect on what is and what isn’t available for us to read at different moments in history and different places. We think of Orwell, and we think of more recent events, like the banning of the Mexican American Studies program in […]
Nursery Rhymes and the Anti-Bias Classroom
By Amy Rothschild, pre-school teacher and Teaching for Change volunteer I teach in a preschool program at a public school, and while my teaching team and I have ample freedom to follow the children’s interests in our planning, our school does place a high value on the teaching of nursery rhymes. Nursery rhymes are to […]