Howard Zinn Room Dedication
There was a standing-room-only crowd at the new Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, Md., for the special event on September 21, 2011 to celebrate International Peace Day, dedicate the Zinn Room, and raise funds for the Zinn Education Project. The date ended up being more significant than could have been imagined. An extraordinary group of people spoke, sang, more »
National History Day at Capital City Public Charter School
Doughnut holes and orange juice jugs cover the table. Chairs set in neat tight lines cover the floor. The background of the stage is painted with colorful murals from the latest school play. The entire setting looks perfect, orderly. But what happens next in the multi-purpose room of Capital City Public Charter School is not so more »
Student Assignment: How to Improve Our School and Community
It was a hot day in early June, but the 11th graders inside of Capital City Public Charter School in Washington, DC never seemed to sweat. They were cool, put together, looking more like policy advocates in front of congress instead of soon-to-be seniors in high school. Their task: pick a problem facing the community, more »
Afro-Peruvian Musical – Fundraiser for Teaching for Change A Success
Teaching for Change supporters gathered on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 for a preview of GALA Hispanic Theatre’s June 8-26, 2011 show, CANTO AL PERÚ NEGRO: An Afro-Peruvian Musical by Gabriel García, directed by Hugo Medrano. Each year GALA Hispanic Theatre donates the preview night’s show to a local nonprofit organization working in the community. Donors and supporters from Maryland, more »
Strengthening Parent Engagement in Two Schools
In the spring of 2011 we held community building sessions at two schools in D.C. – Orr Elementary School (DCPS) and EL Haynes Public Charter School (grades 3-8). In each school parents met for six sessions to create a quilt of family stories. While working on the quilt, there were structured opportunities to discuss joys and more »
Parent Leader Represents Maryland at Education Conference
Washington, DC, March 9, 2011 – Parenting magazine recently announced that Apolonia Arevalo of Prince George’s County has been selected to represent Maryland at the second-annual Mom Congress on Education and Learning® at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. April 10-13. Arevalo was chosen for her outstanding contributions and dedication to improving local schools. A total more »
Beyond Heroes and Holidays Editor on Panel with Claudette Colvin
In 1955, at the age of 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white person, in violation of local law. Her arrest preceded that of Rosa Parks by nine months. The following year she became the star witness in the federal case, Browder v. Gayle, that desegregated the Montgomery buses. more »
Jenice L. View Interviewed About Black History Month
“Yes, Black History Month is still relevant today,” said Jenice L. View, Teaching for Change Professional Development Specialist and George Mason University Assistant Professor, during a news segment, “Black Scholars Discuss Teaching Black History,” on WAMU (88.5) radio. The segment began with the voices of students and a principal from three D.C. schools who are more »
Teaching About Haiti
Our Teaching about Haiti web page continues to be widely used by educators across the country, with over 20,000 page views since we launched days after the earthquake in January, 2010. The page offers a free downloadable version of a teaching guide we produced on Haiti in the 1990s. We added a new, carefully reviewed resource guide with a more »
Expanding and Deepening Parent Engagement at E.L. Haynes Public Charter School
Teaching for Change worked with E.L. Haynes Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2010 to increase and diversify parent engagement. Our work at the school is made possible with support from the D.C. Children’s Youth Investment Trust Corporation, the Cafritz Foundation, the Mayor’s Office of Latino Affairs, and the Columbus Foundation. more »
