D.C. Area Educators Collaborate for DACA Rapid Response
Approximately 20 teachers (and ASL interpreters) from across the D.C. metro area met at the Teaching for Change office on Saturday, September 9 to share teaching and activism strategies in response to the repeal of DACA. The event was organized by the new network, D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, and facilitated by Faye Colon. The […]
D.C. Students Walkout to Defend DACA
By Sana Makke Students from several D.C. area high schools gathered in front of Trump International Hotel on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 to defend DACA. From 9th-12th graders, hundreds stood outside chanting “Let them dream” and “DACA students are here to stay.” The students came from Emerson Preparatory School, McKinley Technology High School, Bell Multicultural High School, Woodrow […]
Climate Change Missing from Scholastic News
Scholastic News’ coverage of Hurricane Harvey says that the storm has acted “strangely,” but doesn’t mention even one word about climate change nor the extensive unregulated development that have contributed to the devastating crisis in Houston. Tell Scholastic our children deserve to know the truth about the weather as part of the #StepUpScholastic campaign. Also missing from […]
The Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement 2017-2018 Seminar Series
September, 2017 – May, 2018 All Souls Church Unitarian | 1500 Harvard St, NW | Washington, D.C. Applications are now closed. “It will be worth it. It will actually surpass your expectations. I walked into this thinking, ‘This is going to be good.’ And it totally blew my mind!” – Keris Lee, 2017 Summer Institute […]
National History Day Projects
National History Day projects are a wonderful opportunity for middle and high school students to research and learn about topics and individuals outside the typical textbook. We share here the experiences of D.C. eighth grade middle school teacher Beth Kara. Her students’ completed projects on Queen Liliuokalani, Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, Assata Shakur, Muhammad […]
Summer Conference Workshops
In June 2017, Teaching for Change presented two workshops at the National Family and Community Engagement Conference in San Francisco, Calif., in front of crowded audiences. Unpacking Race, Class, Privilege, and Power: Making the Case for Race and Equity Training explored the roots of systemic racism and made modern-day connections to how race, class, and […]
Teaching After Charlottesville: More Than a Day-After Lesson
The following article by Teaching for Change executive director, Deborah Menkart, was first published by The Hechinger Report. “What should I say about Charlottesville?” It’s the burning question on every teacher’s mind as the new school year gets underway. On Twitter, users add lessons and resources to the #CharlottesvilleSyllabus and #CharlottesvilleCurriculum pages; everything from identity […]
See What We See Coalition Launches Unique Database with Critical Reviews of Children’s Literature
The first ever online database of critical reviews of children’s books is now available at the Teaching for Change Social Justice Books website. The goal of the database, created by the See What We See coalition, is to promote a more critical understanding of what is needed in children’s literature. Coalition member and librarian Edith […]
Now More than Ever…Recommitting to Anti-Bias Education
On July 21, 2017, close to 50 early childhood educators from Maryland, D.C., and Virginia attended a workshop facilitated by author Katie Kissinger based on her new book on anti-bias education. Kissinger is the author of Anti-bias Education in the Early Childhood Classroom: Hand in Hand, Step by Step and All the Colors We Are: The Story of […]
Mississippi 2017 Summer Institute on the Black Freedom Struggle
In July 2017, fifteen middle and high school English and social studies teachers from across the state of Mississippi participated in a teaching institute at Tougaloo College (in the historic Woodworth Chapel) on the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi. Not only did teachers learn hidden history and interactive teaching strategies, they also built relationships among themselves […]
