American Educator, Fall 2021

Volume 45, no. 3

Creating Welcoming and Safe Environments Where All Students Thrive
Randi Weingarten
Empowering Students as Changemakers
Lifting Up Poor and Working-Class People—and Our Whole Economy
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Shailly Gupta Barnes, Josh Bivens, Krista Faries, Thea Lee, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
A New Purpose for Education
Pamela Cantor
Identity Matters
Brooke Stafford-Brizard
Three Networks Offer Promising Models
Linda Darling-Hammond
A Vision for Prioritizing Learning, Not Testing
Lorrie A. Shepard
Paying for College Should Be Our Collective Responsibility
Caitlin M. Zaloom