Despite the rain and in defiance of censorship and criminalization in education, ICE Raids escalating in Los Angeles, and attacks on LGBTQ+ and specifically trans youth, more than 50 educators, students, families, and community members gathered in Washington, D.C., to take part in the national Teach Truth Day of Action on June 7, 2025. The …
Posted: June 26, 2025 by Allison Acosta
2025 Teach Truth Day of Action March in D.C.
Despite the rain and in defiance of censorship and criminalization in education, ICE Raids escalating in Los Angeles, and attacks on LGBTQ+ and specifically trans youth, more than 50 educators, students, families, and community members gathered in Washington, D.C., to take part in the national Teach Truth Day of Action on June 7, 2025. The …
Posted: December 2, 2020 by Mykella
Black Lives Matter at School
From February 1-5, 2021, Teaching for Change’s D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice will host the fourth annual D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action as part of the national campaign taking place in cities across the U.S. to promote a set of national demands based in the Black Lives Matter guiding principles …
Posted: June 3, 2020 by Allison Acosta
SocialJusticeBooks.org
The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. We offer more than 90 booklists on a variety of themes, a database of critical reviews from See What We See, and recommended articles on multicultural children’s literature and critical literacy. Teaching for Change launched socialjusticebooks.org in 2017 to identify and promote the best multicultural and …
Posted: June 2, 2020 by Mykella
Black Lives Matter at School
This week of action was built on the momentum of past local weeks of action and the National Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action campaign taking place in cities across the U.S. to promote a set of national demands based in the Black Lives Matter guiding principles that focus on improving the school experience …
Posted: June 1, 2020 by Teaching for Change
Teaching a People’s History
In partnership with Rethinking Schools we work to bring a people’s history to the classroom. The goal is to introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula. The empowering potential of studying U.S. history is often lost in a textbook-driven trivial …
Posted: May 31, 2020 by Teaching for Change
Teaching 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.
Posted: May 30, 2020 by Teaching for Change
Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching
Our publication tells the stories of ordinary people who broke barriers to real democracy. Published by Teaching for Change and PRRAC, Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching, A Resource Guide for Classrooms and Communities,provides lessons and articles for K-12 educators on how to go beyond a heroes approach to the Civil Rights Movement …
Posted: May 29, 2020 by Mykella
Challenge Islamophobia Project
Lessons and resources to teach all of us to rethink what we know about Islamophobia.
Posted: May 28, 2020 by Deborah
Resistance 101: A Lesson on Social Justice Activists and Strategies
Teaching for Change created “Resistance 101” to help young people move from dismay to creative action that can win real change. This innovative lesson plan, launched in January 2017 to coincide with the inauguration, helps students recognize their power to challenge injustice. The lesson introduces them to people throughout history, including many young people, who …
Posted: May 27, 2020 by Teaching for Change
Turning the Tables on Parent-School Relations
Our Tellin’ Stories approach engages traditionally marginalized parents in meaningful school reform. Learn more about our approach to parent organizing.