Founded In    1975
Published   3/year
Language(s)   English
     

Fields of Interest

 

Political Science, Education

     
ISSN   0191-4847
     
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* Shana Agid, Art Director
* Pam Annas
* Paula Austin
* Harald Bakken (1936-1998)
* Sophie Bell
* Michael Bennett
* Jacqueline Brady, Book Review Editor
* Sarah Chinn, Book Review Editor
* J. Elizabeth Clark
* Constance Coiner (1948-1996)
* James Davis
* Lennard Davis
* Linda Dittmar, Manuscript Editor
* Emily Drabinski
* Kate Drabinski
* Penny Dugan
* Joseph Entin
* Marjorie Feld
* Marilyn Frankenstein
* Sara Freedman
* Reamy Jansen
* Louis Kampf
* Stan Karp
* Shafali Lal (1971-2003)
* Paul Lauter
* Don Lazere
* Pepi Leistyna
* Frinde Maher, Manuscript Editor
* Jeff Melnick
* Bella Mirabella
* Richard Ohmann
* Susan O’Malley
* Wayne O’Neil
* David Peck
* Dan Perlstein
* Elizabeth P. Powell (1930-2007)
* Erica Rand
* Robert Rosen, Teaching Notes Editor
* Deborah Rosenfelt
* Rachel Rubin
* Wally Sillanpoa
* Saul Slapikoff
* Martha Vicinus
* Leonard Vogt, Managing Editor/News Editor
* Kathleen Weiler
* Cindy Weisbart

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Radical Teacher

Radical Teacher, founded in 1975, is a socialist, feminist, and anti-racist journal dedicated to the theory and practice of teaching. It serves the community of educators who are working for democratic process, peace, and justice. The magazine examines the root causes of inequality and promotes progressive social change.
Radical Teacher publishes articles on classroom practices and curriculum, as well as on educational issues related to gender and sexuality, disability, culture, globalization, privatization, race, class, and other similar topics.
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December 2009, 86

A collection of articles addressing Project Minerva, teaching literature through a market perspective, teaching William Kennedy’s Ironweed, worker education programs, and Chicago’s Doc Your Bloc project.

Project Minerva and the Militarization of Anthropology


A critical discussion of the Pentagon's Project Minerva.

Canon Issues and Class Contexts: Teaching American Literature from a Market Perspective


The author discusses teaching about class in literature by teaching about the literary marketplace.

“Nobody’s a Bum All Their Life”: Teaching Class Through William Kennedy’s Ironweed


Discusses using the book Ironweed to shift student analysis from privileging the personal narrative to uncovering the critical story about class being told in the novel.

Upward Mobility and Higher Education: Mining the Contradictions in a Worker Education Program


Addresses the limits of Worker Education Programs and the challenges posed by critical consciousness in that context.

Youth, Media, and Justice: Lessons from the Chicago Doc Your Bloc Project


The authors discuss their experience with the Doc Your Bloc program, a multimedia initiative that encourages students to make documentary films about their neighborhoods.