Teaching for Change

Building social justice starting in the classroom.

Teaching for Change provides educators with tools to create schools where students learn to read, write, and change the world.

We offer professional development, develop lessons, curate resources, and host learning communities.

Our programs and resources encourage students to ask questions and develop the skills to build an equitable and just society.

Our Programs

Teaching for Change and Rethinking Schools collaborate to bring people’s history to the classroom.

Critically reviewed selection of multicultural and social justice books for all ages.

Lessons, books, workshops, and more to support teaching about Central America.

Teach Central America Workshop

Join us for a Zoom session on Monday, October 6, to hear first-hand from educators who taught Central American Studies units for both upper and lower elementary. Teaching for Change has partnered with the UCI History Project and the Central American Studies in K-12 Curriculum Project to share lessons developed by Los Angeles teachers for…
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Silenced Voices: Author Talk with Pablo Leon

Join us on September 24 at 6:30pm at Busboys and Poets (14th & V) to hear from author Pablo Leon on his new YA graphic novel, Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide. In this moving intergenerational tale, Eisner-nominated creator Pablo Leon combines historical research of the Guatemalan Civil War with his own experiences as…
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Reconsidering Reparations: Author Talk with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Join us on October 22 at 6:30pm at Busboys and Poets (14th & V) to hear from author Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on his new book, Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice and Constructive Politics Are Needed in the Wake of Slavery and Colonialism. Táíwò offers a clear, new case for reparations as a “constructive,” future-oriented project: one…
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