Reviewed by Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre Review Source: Huffington Post Book Author: Recently I was invited by the California Writers Club to attend a talk at their Long Beach location. This club was founded in 1909, is one of the oldest clubs in the nation, and some of its honorary members include: Jack London, John Muir, […]
Lessons in Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators
Reviewed by Rethinking Schools Review Source: Rethinking Schools Book Author: Lessons in Liberation successfully sets out to answer a critical question: What does abolitionist education look like in practice? Lessons in Liberation pulls together a stunning mix of background articles and teaching ideas, all aimed at being useful for educators and community activists interested in […]
Side by Side: Us Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture
Reviewed by Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez Review Source: The Latinx Project Book Author: Side by Side: US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture (University Press of Mississippi, 2021) by Marilisa Jiménez García is a timely monograph on the pervasiveness of U.S. coloniality in Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican diaspora. […]
Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice
Review Source: Rethinking Schools Book Author: This essential handbook offers a cornucopia of stories, strategies, campaigns, and lessons for making Black lives matter at school. Denisha Jones, early childhood educator and Sarah Lawrence College professor, and Seattle teacher and Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian are not distant editors picking and choosing readings from afar. They […]
Anti-Bias Education in the Early Childhood Classroom: Hand in Hand, Step by Step
Reviewed by Deborah Menkart Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Katie Kissinger is the author of the popular bilingual picture book All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color. Her new book is an invaluable guide for teachers on how to address race and other issues in the classroom—including gender, […]