Multilingual Parent Read-Alouds Impact Students at Thomson Elementary
On December 13, 2019, parents gathered in the parent center at Thomson Elementary School (DCPS) to review books in preparation for Roving Readers, a signature activity of Teaching for Change’s family engagement project. Thomson parents have been participating in Roving Readers for so many years that having parents read in the classroom has become a […]
New Report Recognizes Our Tellin’ Stories Project as “Transformative Family Engagement”
A publication based on the findings from an evaluation of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s (WKKF) Family Engagement cohort was released in July 2019, and features stories and lessons from the Tellin’ Stories Project, Teaching for Change’s nationally recognized approach to family engagement. The report, titled Cultivating a Community of Champions for Children Through Transformative Family […]
Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement Seminar – Spring 2020
Exciting, FREE opportunity for DCPS schools in Wards 7 & 8 Two sessions held at Langdon Elementary (1900 Evarts Street NE) Accepting participants up to February 14, 2020 or until full Teaching for Change leads a professional development course for pre-K and elementary school educators to examine how race and class affect family engagement, and […]
Challenged and Appreciative: Teachers Rethink, Reflect, and Refresh During Summer Institute
From June 25-27, 2019, just days after the school year officially ended, sixteen dedicated educators gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement Summer Institute for Teachers and Staff. The goal of the summer institute was to teach participants to apply an asset-based lens to family engagement that is grounded […]
Teaching for Change in 2019
We are pleased to share selected highlights from Teaching for Change’s work in 2019. Our work is made possible by the ongoing support of allies like you. Help us deepen our impact by sharing these stories (as well as our resources for parents and teachers) as we continue building social justice, starting in the classroom. […]
What Principals Gained from the 2019 Equity and Family Engagement Summer Institute
For many people, schools may not be the most welcoming places. This is especially true for marginalized members of the school community. As a school leader, this institute helped me reflect upon, develop and create strategies to help all members of the community feel comfortable, valued, and accepted and to help ensure the success of […]
2020 NEH Institute on the Grassroots History of Civil Rights Movement
July 6 – 24, 2020 at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina Teaching for Change is proud to partner with a team of scholars, SNCC veterans, Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies, and the SNCC Legacy Project on a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Teacher Institute, The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Perspectives, in the summer […]
Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement Seminar – Fall 2019
Exciting, FREE opportunity for DCPS schools in Wards 7 & 8 Two sessions held at Langdon Elementary (1900 Evarts Street NE) Accepting participants up to September 20, 2019 or until full Teaching for Change leads a professional development course for pre-K and elementary school educators to examine how race and class affect family engagement, and […]
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 […]
New Lisa Delpit Book Features Teaching for Change Essay on Engaging Black Parents
Allyson Criner Brown, Teaching for Change’s associate director and manager of the Tellin’ Stories parent empowerment project, reflects on family engagement in a moving essay for Teaching When the World Is on Fire, edited by Lisa Delpit (The New Press, 2019). Criner Brown, a former middle school teacher who has led the nationally recognized Tellin’ […]
