Don't Stop Teaching about Gaza

[S. E. Anderson]

Rethinking Schools' fall issue is now available!

Don't Stop Teaching About Gaza The fall issue of Rethinking Schools collects the voices of many educators across the country who refuse to stop teaching about and organizing to end the genocide in Gaza — despite growing repression to do so.  Rethinking Schools editor Larry Miller chronicles the principled stand in solidarity with Gazan children taken by Ms. Rachel, who creates popular teaching videos for toddlers. A member of United Teachers Los Angeles details the tenacious organizing that led to the second-largest teacher union in the United States adopting a series of pro-Palestinian resolutions. A former classroom teacher describes a family-oriented community education series about Palestine organized by Jewish Voice for Peace. The issue also includes an article about using photographs of joy to humanize leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. Rethinking Schools editor Linda Christensen uses abecedarian poetry to excavate student memories and bring their lives into the classroom. And so much more! From the Fall Issue: Don't Stop Teaching About Gaza By the editors of Rethinking Schools It may be even more vital now, as our editorial urges, that teachers “Don’t Stop Teaching About Gaza” in the classroom and on the streets, so justice is achieved in Palestine-Israel. How Rank-and-File Organizing Pushed United Teachers Los Angeles to Take a Stand on Palestine By Shannon Paaske A UTLA organizer details the emergence of LA Educators for Justice in Palestine and the organizing that led to the second largest teacher union in the country to call for divestment from companies and bonds associated with Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Educators: Support Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions By Lara Kiswani A Palestinian organizer articulates why teachers should heed the call from Palestinian civil society to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel. What's Missing in Holocaust Education?  By Marcy Winograd and Rick Chertoff Winograd and Chertoff expose the Echoes & Reflections curriculum — produced by the Anti-Defamation League, Yad Vashem, and the Shoah Foundation — for its pro-Israel indoctrination and offer an alternative vision for how to teach about the Holocaust. Apply: Teaching Palestine Study Group Thanks to the generous support of donors, we’re able to host several Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices study groups.  We encourage you to form a group in your school or community. Assemble colleagues, find a social justice committee in your union, connect with a solidarity organization, create a study group in your church or synagogue, or invite neighbors. Each group receives: Teaching Palestine for each participant (up to 15 copies) Digital Rethinking Schools magazine access Access to a network of study groups and social justice educators Download the free study guide at rethinkingschools.org/teaching-palestine. Learn more and apply at bit.ly/tpalstudygroup. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.  Apply to Start a Study Group Make a monthly recurring donation of $5 or more and receive a complimentary subscription to Rethinking Schools magazine. Donate Now Copyright © 2025 Rethinking Schools, All rights reserved. 9618 W Greenfield Ave.  Milwaukee, WI 53214