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Teaching About Haiti

Teaching About Haiti has been posted online as a free, downloadable resource, along with a list of more than 40 recommended books for books, films, and organizations for classrooms. The Teaching for Change board and staff believe that while students should be encouraged to contribute to relief efforts, it is also important to gain a deeper understanding of the history …

Enid Lee Presents Major Report on Race and Education

Reality Check, a report examining the effectiveness of a wide range of educational programs and supports for African Nova Scotian students, was presented by Dr. Enid Lee (photo, right) to Nova Scotian Education Minister Marilyn More (photo, left) on December 10, 2009. The report was produced by educator and international consultant Enid Lee and Clem Marshall. Enid Lee is …

Remembering Dr. Ronald Takaki

Dr. Ronald Takaki (b. 1939), esteemed people’s historian, educator, and friend of Teaching for Change, died on May 26, 2009.  On March 1, 2009 Dr. Takaki came to DC. He was interviewed by CSPAN and later that day spoke at Busboys and Poets to a full house that included well-known academics Frank Wu and Larry Hajime …

Dr. Patricia Hill Collins on Race, the Media, Schools, and Democratic Possibilities

The May 2009 talk by Professor Patricia Hill Collins on Another Kind of Public Education: Race, the Media, Schools and Democratic Possibilities can now be viewed online on CSPAN’s BookTV. The talk was held at Busboys and Poets (where Teaching for Change operates the bookstore) with an introduction by Teaching for Change Special Consultant Renee Poussaint. Another …

Children as Guinea Pigs

By Deborah Menkart School officials in Washington, D.C., have begun an experiment on low-income children, most of whom are African American and Latino. The D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, championed by both candidates during the presidential debates, has invited Harvard University economist Roland Fryer — described in the Washington Post as “a 30-year-old …