In this article, we present parallel narratives of an immigrant youth and her mother who have had to maneuver continual and abrupt interruptions in family cohesiveness and other daily experiences due to anti-immigrant policies and the materialization of being cast beyond love. We highlight how they created spaces of self-transformational love and…

Learn how to engage and advocate for undocumented children and youth with this new resource written by and for teachers. "Teachers as Allies" provides educators with the information and tools they need to involve immigrant students and their American-born siblings and peers in inclusive and transformative classroom experiences. The…

Adolescence is an important time in human development. Teenagers spend much time questioning their core belief structures and developing the foundations of their identity. For students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), this path of development is difficult in American schools because of strongly held homophobic…

This chapter describes the methodology of the Theater of the Oppressed as developed by Augusto Boal along with examples of its application.

Reviews public perceptions of the role and status of teachers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. Discusses attitudes contributing to the national versus local nature of the teaching force, teacher hierarchies, trade union tactics, teacher autonomy, and the homogeneity of teachers as a group. 44 references. (SV)