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 […]
Fifth Graders Explore Latino Immigration at the Anacostia Museum
When fifth grade Spanish literacy teacher Cesarina Pierre realized that her nearly two decades of teaching Caribbean students in New York City Public Schools would not fully translate to teaching Central American students in Washington D.C., she sought resources from Teaching for Change. Pierre asked Teaching for Change, a longtime partner at the school, to […]
Dominican Republic Book Frames Study Group for Teachers
In the spring of 2016, teachers in Salem, Massachusetts met after school to learn about the history and culture of their students from the Dominican Republic. The four part series of professional development workshops was so popular that it was offered again in 2017. Their core text for the workshops was Teaching for Change’s Caribbean Connections: The Dominican […]
2017 Summer Reading List
For summer reading, Teaching for Change encourages young people to select multicultural and social justice books. We offer recommendations of new (2016 and 2017) titles on our SocialJusticeBooks.org website. For many more suggestions, see our full collection of recommended booklists and the We’re the People summer reading list. Early Elementary | Middle Grades | Young Adult Teaching for Change has launched socialjusticebooks.org to […]
Interns Explore D.C. Beyond the Monuments
This summer, Teaching for Change welcomed six new interns to the office. Throughout the summer, the interns will be providing weekly updates on their activities. The summer 2017 interns are: Maria Brescia-Weiler, Katelyn Campbell, Marvin Clark, Khalila Lomax, Briana Payton, and Matt Smee. (Read bios here.) On their first day, we had them take our […]
What Students Learn from Resistance 101
Here are some of the comments we have received from teachers about the impact of using Teaching for Change’s Resistance 101 lesson in the spring of 2017. Have you used this lesson? Please send us your feedback and we will send you a free book! Students were amazed just to know that they didn’t have […]
Race, Class, and Family Engagement Policy Convening
On May 25, 2017, Teaching for Change hosted a policy convening called “Race, Class, and Family Engagement” to nurture dialogue between frontline pre-K through 8 educators and education policymakers and influencers. Educators from our DCPS partner schools shared their strategies for improving family engagement, and recommendations for disrupting racism and classism toward a goal of equity […]
Free Book for Your Feedback on Resistance 101
In January, we published a new lesson, “Resistance 101: A Lesson on Social Justice Activists and Strategies” to help introduce a history of resistance to injustice. We want to hear about your use of the lesson. In appreciation for your time, we will send you a free copy of your choice of Teaching for Change […]
The Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement Summer Institute
July 17-21, 2017 | 10am – 2pm | Thurgood Marshall Center | 1816 12th St NW | Washington, D.C. Registration is now closed. Teaching for Change has developed a highly successful approach to family engagement which successfully addresses the limitations of a one-size fits all approach. Tellin’ Stories has been recognized by the Harvard Family […]
