Politics of Education

Susan Gushee O'Malley teaches English at Kinsborough Community College (CUNY) and is editorial chairperson of Radical Teacher. Robert C. Rosen , a member of the Radical Teacher editorial board, teaches English at William Paterson College. Leonard Vogt is professor of English at Laguardia Community College (CUNY), and he is also a member of the Radical Teacher editorial board.

• Foreword Michael W. Apple Introduction Part I. What We Teach and How We Teach Section 1. Teaching Women's Studies 1. Feminist Values: Guidelines for Teaching Methodology in Women's Studies Nancy Schniedewind 2. Lesbianism 101 Bonnie Zimmerman 3. Teaching "Racism and Sexism in a Changing America" Paula Rothenberg 4. Women and Militarization: A Seminar Cynthia Enloe Section 2. Teaching History and Social Science 5. Peace and the Color Line: Toward a Third World Peace Studies Curriculum Manning Marable 6. Teaching Nazi Culture Patty Lee Parmalee 7. Teaching the Vietnam War at a South Bronx Alternative High School Pam Sporn Section 3. Revising the Literary Canon 8. These Self-Invented Women: A Theoretical Framework for a Literary History of Black Women Mary Helen Washington 9. Rewriting Afro-American Literature: A Case for Black Women Writers Gloria T. Hull 10. Working-Class Women's Literature: An Introduction to Study Paul Lauter Section 4. Teaching Literature and Teaching Film 11. The Literature of Work Leonard Vogt 12. Notes on Teaching Masculinity and Homosexuality in Literature Joseph Cady 13. Reconciling Native Son and Native Daughters Onita Estes-Hicks 14. Science Fiction Novels and Film Les Perelman 15. Teaching the Hollywood Western Jack Weston Section 5. Teaching Writing 16. Freshman Composition Richard Ohmann and Jack Weston 17. Teaching Basic Skills: Working with Contradictions Robert Lapides 18. As the (White, Middle-Class) World Turns: Teaching Soap Operas in a Writing Class Susan Radner Section 6. Math and Science Education 19. The Myth of Neutrality: Race, Sex, and Class in Science Anne Fausto-Sterling 20. A Different Third R: Radical Math Marilyn Frankenstein 21. Never Meant to Survive: A Black Woman's Journey An Interview with Evelynn Hammonds by Aimée Sands Part II. Where We Work Section 1. Education as Oppression 22. Back to Basics Robert C. Rosen 23. Standardized Testing at JFK High Stan Karp 24. The Doctrine of Separate Spheres in Elementary Education Sara Freedman 25. The View from the Other Side Emily Abel Section 2. Working Conditions and Struggles 26. Living at the Bottom: Part-Time Teaching at the City University of New York Susan Blank and Beth Greenberg 27. London Teaching Diary Susan Gushee O'Malley 28. Homophobia in the Schools, Or What We Don't Know Will Hurt Us Pam Chamberlain 29. Guests at the Table: Feminists and Contracts Arlyn Diamond 30. Black Women on the Frontline: Unfinished Business of the Sixties Andrée Nicola-McLaughlin and Zala Chandler radicalteacher definition Pamela Annas Notes on Contributors Radical Teacher Editorial Board Members Index