Interview of Elizabeth A. Davis for StoryCorps National Teacher Initiative, 2011 Deborah Menkart (DM) 0:02 My name is Deborah Menkart. I’m 54 years old. Today is August 21, 2011. I’m in Washington, D.C. And I have known Liz Davis since 1995, longtime friend, colleague, fellow activist in D.C. schools. Elizabeth Davis 0:25 My name is Elizabeth …
Teaching for Change in 2021
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Resources: 2021 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Curriculum Teach-In
Indigenous Land: Stewardship, Relationships, and Responsibility Thank you for attending the 2021 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Curriculum Teach-In. Below find resources from each session. For additional teaching resources, see the NMAI’s Native Knowledge 360° website and the Zinn Education Project’s Teach Climate Justice campaign. Keynote Making Land Acknowledgement Meaningful Native Voices in Children’s Literature Virtual Field Trip Demonstration: American Indian Removal …
2021 Indigenous Land: Stewardship, Relationships, and Responsibility
Welcome to the 2021 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Curriculum Teach-In! Below find all of the links you will need to participate in the event on Saturday, September 25. Please note that the first times listed are in the EASTERN time zone. These links are just for you. Please DO NOT share. If you have any issues …
StoryCorps Interview with Elizabeth A. Davis
Interview of Elizabeth A. Davis for StoryCorps National Teacher Initiative, 2011 Deborah Menkart (DM) 0:02 My name is Deborah Menkart. I’m 54 years old. Today is August 21, 2011. I’m in Washington, D.C. And I have known Liz Davis since 1995, longtime friend, colleague, fellow activist in D.C. schools. Elizabeth Davis 0:25 My name is Elizabeth …
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Hammond MS International Academy Teachers Study Central America
Teachers at the Hammond MS International Academy in Alexandria, Virginia dedicated two professional development sessions to learning about the background of their Central American students. The first session on September 2, 2020 introduced lessons from the Teach Central America website. In the session on October 12, 2020, the agenda and presenters are as follows: 1pm …
Important Dates in Puerto Rican History
Pre-1492: Island is a homeland of the Taínos, a native people with links to the southern Arawak peoples of South America. They call the island Borikén. 1493: November 19—Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Borikén on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere, claiming the island for Spain. 1508: Spanish colonization begins. 1511: The …
Stories from Teaching for Change Partner Schools 2019-2020
Families Read Rainbow Weaver at Langdon ES During Teach Central America Week Dads Read About Teamwork at Langdon Elementary Multilingual Parent Read-Alouds Impact Students at Thomson Elementary Gratitude Shines as a Grandmother Attends a Parent-Principal Chat for the First Time What Happens in a Lockdown? Parent-Principal Chats Bring Community Together to Discuss Emergencies and Safety …
An Island Weary of Outside Experiments
By Naomi Klein The dream of the blank canvas, a safe place to test one’s boldest ideas, has a long and bitter history in Puerto Rico. Throughout its long colonial history, the archipelago has continuously served as a living laboratory for prototypes that would later be exported around the globe. There were the notorious experiments …
The Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement 2019 National Summer Institutes
The Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement Summer Institutes will teach participants to apply an asset-based lens to family engagement that is grounded in popular education, community organizing, racial equity, and family engagement research. Summer institute topics will include: Racism, Classism, and Equity Literacy: Building Context for Families’ Experiences with School Building …