Zinn Education Project

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

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Central America

More than four million Central Americans reside in the United States today, yet the lack of resources in most schools on Central American heritage make the rich history and literature of the region invisible. Also missing from the curriculum is the direct connection between U.S. foreign policy and Central American immigration to the United States. […]

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Social Justice Books

The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.

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Parent Engagement

Tellin’ Stories Approach Tellin’ Stories Signature Activities How Tellin’ Stories Works in Schools Tellin’ Stories Assumptions Tellin’ Stories Approach Our work is based on the concepts of racial equity, popular education, community organizing, and research on family engagement. Rather than entering schools with a fixed agenda, Tellin’ Stories starts by making connections through sharing stories, […]

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2020 NEH Institute on the Grassroots History of Civil Rights Movement

Teaching for Change is proud to partner with a team of scholars, veterans, and educators from Duke University and the SNCC Legacy Project on a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Teacher Institute, The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Perspectives, in the summer of 2020. Read more.

D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action

From February 3-7, 2020, Teaching for Change’s D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, D.C. area educators, and community members collaborated on the D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action. Read more.

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    Timothy Jenkins, a Teaching for Change Board member and SNCC veteran, has offered to match any donations up to $10,000 towards producing a new print edition of “Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching” this year in honor of fellow SNCC veteran Chuck McDew (1938-2018).

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