Elementary and secondary school teachers—write articles, please! - Brief Article

Radical Teacher, Fall, 2002

Radical Teacher encourages our readers to submit articles to the magazine. We are especially interested in working with elementary and secondary school teachers, on all levels from preschool to high school. Within the past few years the magazine has included an increasing number of articles by elementary and secondary school teachers, but the majority of articles are still written by and for "higher education" teachers.

It is obvious, but bears repeating, that radical education, or at least a radical critique or vision of education, must include the world of children, and their teachers. Therefore we are committed to working with elementary and secondary school teachers, and giving voice to their concerns and knowledge through the magazine. Descriptions of classroom life; the role of the teacher in the school and school system; curricular decisions, initiatives and choices; reactions to minimum competency, national reports on the status of teachers and teacher education, standardized testing, master teacher/m erit pay are examples of topics we would very much welcome.