- Claiming
our Humanity through Cultural/Political Curriculm in Alternative
Education, by René Antrop-Gonzalez. (Autumn
2002, Issue #14, pp. 18-25). This article is a personal account
by a "Puerto Rican and North American" as he learns
about a public alternative school in Chicago that challenges
the cultural and colonial status-quo and political power structures
of mainstream curriculum.
- Democracy
and Hope in Public Education: An Interview with Herbert Kohl,
by Richard Prystowsky and Charlie Miles (Summer 2000, Paths Issue
#5, pp. 28-40). Herbert Kohl has written over 40 books about teaching,
which have touched the lives of many teachers, and which implicitly
address the challenges faced by public school teachers and the system
at large.
- High Noon
for High Stakes: Alfie Kohn at Middlebury College, by
Ed Barna. (Winter 2002, Issue # 11, pp. 11-17). A reporter gives
a personalized account of Alfie Kohn's lecture on "rewards
and punishments" as the anti-thesis to learning by intrinsic
motivation.
- I'd Probably Just
Drop Out, by Mark Kennedy. (Summery 2001, Issue #9, pp. 6-9).
Personal anecdotes from a public alternative education teacher who
considers the plight of at-risk students in the face of high-stakes
testing.
- The Touchstone Center:
A Way of Imagining, by Richard Lewis (Autumn 2001, Issue #10,
pp. 35-39). Describes a non-profit organization that
“has been a leader in creating interdisciplinary arts programs
in public schools" through its commitment "to sustaining
the imaginative process as a means of deepening individual and collective
understanding.”
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