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2018

• Teaching for Change Summer 2018 Interns Blog
• Scholastic Tells Children: Trump is Great
• The Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement 2018-2019 Seminar Series
• Timothy Jenkins Honors Chuck McDew with Donation to Civil Rights Teaching Book
• Challenging Islamophobia Project Director to Present at Two Upcoming Conferences
• Reconstruction Teach-In at Howard University
• Parents Read Drum Dream Girl for Women’s History Month
• Seven Things We Learned From the D.C. Area Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools
• Apply to be a Teaching for Change
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• Teachers Explore the History of Racist Ideas in the U.S. with Dr. Ibram Kendi
• Books Donated for the Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools
• How Parent Leadership Improves Student Achievement and Education Equity
• Teachers Explore the SNCC Digital Gateway Website
• Civil Rights Teaching Book Donors

2017

• Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools Endorsers
• Teaching for Change 2017
• Challenge Islamophobia with Education
• #BlackLivesMatter Week of Action in Schools Nationwide
• Black Lives Matter in Schools Resources
• 2018 Food Justice Youth Summit – Rescheduled
• Understanding the History of Racist Ideas in the U.S.
• Caribbean Connections: Moving North Sparks Student Stories
• Teaching for Change Partners on NEH Summer Institute
• SNCC Workshop for DCPS Teachers
• Middle School’s Students Learn From the History of D.C. Activism
• Black Muslims in the United States: An Introductory Activity
• California Charitable Foundation Supports Our Project Countering Islamophobia
• Teaching Central America Workshops in D.C.
• Deutsch Foundation Funds Launch of Islamophobia History Education Project
• Columbus on Trial in D.C.
• Creating Monuments of Our Classroom Rules After Charlottesville
• A Meaningful Way to Welcome Parents Back for the New School Year
• Teaching Central America for Latinx Heritage Month — and All Year Long
• D.C. Area Educators Collaborate for DACA Rapid Response
• D.C. Students Walkout to Defend DACA
• Climate Change Missing from Scholastic News
• The Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement 2017-2018 Seminar Series
• National History Day Projects
• Summer Conference Workshops
• Teaching After Charlottesville: More Than a Day-After Lesson
• Now More than Ever…Recommitting to Anti-Bias Education
• Mississippi 2017 Summer Institute on the Black Freedom Struggle
• Fifth Graders Explore Latino Immigration at the Anacostia Museum
• Dominican Republic Book Frames Study Group for Teachers
• 2017 Summer Reading List
• Interns Explore D.C. Beyond the Monuments
• What Students Learn from Resistance 101
• Free Book for Your Feedback on Resistance 101
• The Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement Summer Institute
• Parent Perspective: A Principal’s Support for Immigrant Families
• Communities for Just Schools Fund
• 2017 Food Justice Youth Summit
• Arkansas’ Howard Zinn Witch-hunt Fizzles
• Protecting DC’s Immigrant Students
• D.C. Teacher Published in Rethinking Schools
• Teaching for Change Offers Black History Month Briefing on the Hill
• Sanctuary Schools Resolution in D.C.
• D.C. Students Stand with Standing Rock
• Filmfest D.C. 2017 in D.C. Classrooms
• Author Zetta Elliott to Middle Schoolers: The World Needs Your Stories
• Teaching for Change and the Smithsonian
• Arkansas Bill Attempts to Ban Books by Zinn in Schools
• Why We Can Be Hopeful
• Documenting the History of Phenix High School
• Why I Teach: We Must Teach Children to Defend Themselves
• D.C. Sanctuary School Letter Signers
• Step Up for Immigrant Students and Families in D.C. Schools
• Parent Perspectives: Becoming a Roving Reader
• DeVos is in… What next?
• Act Now: Reduce the Weight of Test Scores on D.C. Schools
• Black History Month
• SNCC Veterans Meet Students from NY and DC
• Cautionary Words about Far Right from 1962
• Protests: Sites for Education and Organizing
• Teaching about Martin Luther King Jr.
• Resistance 101: A Lesson on Social Justice Activists and Strategies
• Civil Rights Teaching Book Donors
• Stories from a D.C. History Classroom
• Invitation: Stories from Our Classrooms Celebration, June 11, 2017
• Building a Civil Rights Teaching Community in Mississippi
• Go-Go Performers Coach Next Generation in D.C. Classrooms

2016

• Invitation: Stories from Our Classrooms Celebration, June 12, 2016
• Black History Month
• Women Make History
• Inauguration Day Social Justice Teach-In
• Be Proud of Who You Are
• Teaching for Change in 2016
• Fun and Learning at People’s History Trivia Night
• How Discrimination Shapes Parent-Teacher Communication
• People’s History Trivia Night
• Post-Election, School Collaborates with Parents to Create Safe Space
• Teaching Radical Hope and Resistance
• Wind Me Up Maria: A Go-Go Musical
• Between Families and Schools: Creating Meaningful Relationships
• Stories from Our Classrooms 2016
• African American Art and History
• Civil Rights Teaching Book Donors
• “One of the Best Nonprofits” According to Catalogue for Philanthropy
• KidsPost Says Slavery was a “Mistake”
• A People’s Collection and Narrative: NMAAHC
• Abolish Columbus Day Campaign
• Teaching About the #NoDAPL Water Protectors
• Back to School with New Social Justice Books
• Athletes, Protest, and Patriotism
• Teaching about Elections
• Américas Award 2016 Ceremony and Workshop
• Why I Volunteered at Teaching for Change
• My Third Graders Love Reading “Wilfredo”
• G is for Gentrification
• Nation’s Largest Teachers Union Endorses Teaching “Climate Justice”
• Third Graders Assess and Improve Diversity of Classroom Library
• Virginia Middle School Students Critique Lack of Diverse Books
• SNCC Legacy Project receives the “Education for Liberation Award” from Teaching for Change
• Eloise Greenfield receives the “Education for Liberation Award” from Teaching for Change
• Two DCPS Principals receive the “Education for Liberation Award” from Teaching for Change
• Smithsonian Visitors Learn about Go-Go and Teach the Beat
• Joy, Justice, and Generosity: Celebrating 25 Years of Teaching for Change
• 25 Year Donors
• Enid Lee in D.C. for Teaching for Change Fellowship
• Teaching for Change Developing Rosenwald Teaching Guide
• Stories from Our Classrooms Celebration
• What Happened to the Civil Rights Movement After 1965? Don’t Ask Your Textbook
• Thank You Julian Hipkins III
• Teaching for Change 2016 Summer Reading and Writing Challenge
• D.C. Parent Organizing Featured in 2016 AERA Conference Offsite Visits
• We Want to Hear from YOU: Survey on Civil Rights Teaching
• History Lesson Sheds Light on Racism Today
• 2016 Food Justice Youth Summit
• Advice to Movement Lawyers: Remain Radicals and Revolutionaries
• Why Are All the Kids Who Look Like Me Enslaved?
• Climate Justice Teacher Workshop in D.C.
• How Parent Volunteers Inspired a Young Reader
• New Edition of Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching
• Natalie Hopkinson’s Wisdom About Writing
• #StepUpScholastic for ALL Children Flier
• Special D.C. History Guest at E.L. Haynes
• Food Justice Youth Summit
• Five Myths About Ronald Reagan
• Filmfest DC 2016 Goes to D.C. Classrooms
• Women’s History Month: A Book Every Day
• #StepUpScholastic Twitter Chat
• “It Was Like a Visit from the President”: Timothy Jenkins Talks to Fifth Graders
• Virginia McLaurin: Making History All Her Life
• #StepUpScholastic
• The City Formerly Known as (FKA) Chocolate
• Hoodies Up! #BlackLivesMatter in the Classroom
• Teaching for Change on Kojo Nnamdi Show
• Howard County Students Speak Out
• Anacostia Museum Teach the Beat Workshop
• Teaching for Change on NPR’s All Things Considered
• Bad Advice from NPR’s Weekend Edition on Racist Children’s Books
• Considerations for Early Childhood and Early Elementary Educators on Slavery and Resistance
• When and How to Talk with Young Children about Enslavement: Discussion Questions for Educators
• Under Pressure, Scholastic Recalls Racist Children’s Book
• Vernon F. Dahmer: Civil Rights Martyr and American Hero
• Parent Advocacy Wins Six New After School Positions
• Teaching for Change Featured in Education Week and Think Progress
• Teaching Eyes on the Prize
• Who Killed Sammy Younge Jr.? SNCC, Vietnam, and the Fight for Racial Justice
• Rick Reinhard: Movement Photographer
• House Parties Celebrate 25 Years of Teaching for Change
• Stories from Our Classrooms: Application
• Go-Go Performers Coach Next Generation in D.C. Classrooms

2015

• More Teachers Than Ever Teach People’s History
• Early Steps for a Parent Leader
• Principal Chit Chats Boost School Success
• Why Are They Coming?: Uncovering Central American History
• Teaching for Change in 2015
• Virginia Educators Explore Beyond Heroes and Holidays
• How well do you know Montgomery Bus Boycott history?
• Luci Murphy: A D.C. Cultural Warrior
• D.C. Area Teachers Launch Stories from Our Classrooms
• Students Overjoyed to Learn About Go-Go
• Debut Young Adult Book Author Commits Proceeds to Teaching for Change
• New Multicultural Children’s Books
• Mississippi Teacher Fellows Host Workshops Across the State
• Ta-Nehisi Coates on Teaching History
• Preserving and Teaching Black History
• DC History Quiz
• House Parties Celebrate 25 Years of Teaching for Change
• Américas Award 2015 and K-12 Workshop
• Amelia Boynton Robinson and the Dallas County Voters League (DCVL)
• Bring Go-Go into D.C. Area Classrooms
• Julian Bond, ¡Presente!
• Breaking Barriers of Race, Class, and Language in Schools
• A New Tradition for Families Going to Middle School
• Go-Go Performers Coach Next Generation in D.C. Classrooms
• An Outside Perspective on a Tellin’ Stories School
• From D.C. to Central America, from Voting Rights to Sports: Teaching for Change at NCORE
• Monseñor Oscar Romero: Tribute Poem
• Changing the Narrative About Selma
• Parents Visit Classrooms Throughout the School
• International FilmFest 2015 in D.C. Classrooms
• Orr Parents Take to Radio to Advocate for New Building
• Teach the Beat: Go-Go Goes to School
• Victory Stolen from Ward 8 Community: Parents Fight Again for Orr ES Modernization
• Twitter Chat on Roving Readers Program April 22, 2015
• Race, Rights, and Responsibility: NY Education Conference
• International Film Festival in D.C.
• Lessons of Vietnam: Power of Protest
• Selma in Kosciusko
• Participatory Principal Selection Process
• Teaching for Change Bookstore Memories
• Making Voices of D.C. the Text: Workshop for DCPS Curriculum Team
• Teaching for Change at NCORE
• 25th Anniversary Author Events
• Students Become Unsung Heroes
• Thank You to Our Bookstore Shelf Sponsors
• In Memory of Claude Sitton, From an Admiring Beneficiary
• Essential Resource for Children on the Complexity of the Movement
• Teaching for Change Bookstore at Busboys and Poets to Close
• A Gift for Ellington: The Books We’ve Read
• Two Dollar Subscription to Black History Journal Leads to Life of Activism
• Welcoming Immigrant Students Into the Classroom
• Stepping into Selma: Voting Rights History and Legacy Today
• Youth Organizing
• Bring Lessons of Selma to the Classroom
• The Selma Voting Rights Struggle: 15 Key Points from Bottom-Up History and Why It Matters Today

2014

• Bookstore Highlights 2014
• Teaching for Change in 2014
• Black History 360 at the Schomburg Center
• On the Second Front of the BlackLivesMatter Movement
• Central America Workshop in Mt. Rainier
• Board Member Annual House Party Raises Friends and Funds
• Yale Law School Merit Awards a “Travesty of the Highest Order”
• Hurston/Wright Foundation 13th Annual Legacy Award Winners
• Victory in Ward 8: Orr Parents Organize for New Building and New Leadership
• Welcome Back Breakfast: Parents and Staff Meet and Greet
• Meyer Foundation Spotlights Teaching for Change’s Storytelling  Efforts
• For Love of Children Book Festival
• Charles McDew: “Why The Others Died”
• Making Parents and Grandparents Feel Welcomed at a New School
• Hurston/Wright Foundation 13th Annual Legacy Award
• Family Partner Series Offers D.C. Schools a Fresh Start on Family Engagement
• New Website for Students on Central America
• Equipping New Teachers with Social Justice Literature
• Revisiting Our Black Mosaic Symposium
• Teacher Workshop on Central America
• Girl Scout Book Drive Exceeds Its Goal
• Exploring Immigration and Identity in the K-12 Classroom with Américas Award Books
• Matt Herron and Dorie Ladner Remember the Mississippi Freedom Movement
• Middle Passage Markers Project: Invitation to Teachers and Students
• Reactions to Teaching About Ferguson
• Teachers Connect with Families in Community Walk
• José Luis Vilson Book Party
• Where do people talk honestly about race? At the A.C.T.O.R. series
• ‘Is This America?’: 50 Years Ago Sharecroppers Challenged Mississippi Apartheid, LBJ, and the Nation
• Teaching #BlackLivesMatter
• Teaching for Change Board Member Wins 2014 Lillian Smith Book Award
• New HowardZinn.org Website Launches
• Principal Meeting Launches Tellin’ Stories Family Partners Series
• The Civil Rights Movement Is Not Over: Mark Levy Says at the AFT
• Julian Hipkins III Joins Teaching for Change Staff
• McComb, Mississippi Students Learn and Teach in Washington, D.C.
• Teaching the Truth about Youth Migration from Central America
• An Epitaph That Keeps Giving
• Ken Hatter: Stepping Off the Porch
• Summer Reading for Social Justice
• Overwhelmed By Your Support
• Rush Revere: Victor Vanquished by Tiny Bookstore?
• Rush Limbaugh Calls Teaching for Change Racist for Promoting Diverse Children’s Books
• Teaching for Change Stands with Orr Elementary Parents
• Presentation in DC by Students and Teachers from McComb, Miss.
• Fair Chance Selects Teaching for Change for Second Year of Capacity Building
• Thank You and Congrats to Neha Singhal
• Black History 360: Summer at the Schomburg for Teachers
• The Collective Stories Were Bigger Than Each of Us: Speakeasy Teacher Event Rocks the House
• Does Family Engagement Matter? The Truth and Half-Truths about Parent Involvement      
• Update: Victory in Sight for Orr Elementary
• Eloise Greenfield: Groundbreaking Author of Children’s Literature
• Welcome to Our New Teaching for Change Board Members
• Teaching About Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage All Year Long
• The Shapes that Shape Our Lives
• Tellin’ Stories Family Partners Series
• Pearl Cleage: Things I Should Have Told My Daughter
• Teaching for Change Among National Recipients of Kellogg Foundation Family Engagement Awards
• Listen Up! Professional Development for Family Engagement Practitioners
• Festival of Poems of Provocation and Witness
• Gold or Water in El Salvador?
• After-School Special: True stories by and about educators
• National Family Engagement Conference Presentation
• Food Justice Teach-In: When the Students Become the Teachers
• Parents Tell Councilmember Catania: Our Children Deserve Classrooms
• No Place to Hide: Orr Elementary Needs Modernization Now!
• Parents and Teachers Swap Stories About What Children Can Do
• Challenging White Privilege in Children’s Books
• D.C. Teachers: Take to the Stage
• Created Equal Film Series
• Pete Seeger, Presente!
• I Didn’t Know There Were Cities in Africa!
• In Honor of Educator Susan E. Noffke
• 2013 Highlights of Building Social Justice Starting in the Classroom
• Doing Justice to Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Young Children
• Teaching for Change fellow Amy Rothschild raises a key question about universal pre-K

2013

• América Calderón, ¡Presente!
• Mything Mandela
• D.C. Teachers Explore Students’ Central American Culture and History
• Our Favorite Books of 2013
• Free Classroom Resources
• Sherman Alexie’s Indies First Movement in D.C.
• Green Feather Movement
• Full House for Kate Tindle’s Annual Fundraiser
• When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
• The Man Behind Emmett Till
• Teaching for Change Presents and Learns at the Schomburg Center
• Freedom Movement Unsung Hero Clyde Kennard Honored on 50th Anniversary
• Thank You 2013 Summer Interns
• Teaching for Change Partners with Hurston/Wright Foundation for Legacy Literacy Awards
• Bringing Multicultural Books into Schools
• Bob Moses and Taylor Branch in Conversation About the Freedom Movement
• Welcoming Parents for a Successful School Year
• Rethinking Malcolm X: Enid Lee and A. Peter Bailey in Conversation
• Learning About Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator and Activist
• Remembering the Everyday Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
• “Did You Know?” Myths and Facts About the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
• Birthday Tribute to Howard Zinn, Our Favorite Teacher
• In Conversation: Kye Allums and Dave Zirin
• Community Walks Featured as “High-Touch” Strategy in Educational Leadership
• Peniel Joseph Gets Serious With Colbert About Colorblind Racism and the Voting Rights Act
• Junius Williams on Public School Reform: The New Inequality in Education
• Students’ Film on Voting Rights Reaches National Audience
• A Principal’s Reflection on Parent Engagement
• Teaching for Change Presenting at Black History 360
• Locations of Self and Students: Enid Lee and First Nation Youth in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Bringing Matthew Shepard, LGBTQ History and Issues into the Classroom
• Keep Stories of Resistance at the Forefront: Enid Lee on Talking with Students About School Closings
• Thunder of Freedom: Holmes County, Mississippi Civil Rights Movement
• Presentation in DC by Students and Teachers from McComb, Miss.
• Do you love listening to StoryCorps?
• Teaching for Change Featured at NCPIE
• Lessons from the Garfield Boycott of the Standardized Test
• Bob Moses, Junot Diaz, Barbara Ransby, and More Share History, Ideas, and Inspiration
• Fair Chance DC Partnership
• “Harvest of Empire” Now Showing in Theaters
• Join Us for Critical Literacies: An Intimate Discussion with Bob Moses and Junot Díaz
• Teach the Beat Seminar a Big Success
• High School Labor History Tour of DC
• Eyes on the Stars
• Uncovering A Secret History of Coffee, Coca, and Cola

2012

• The Secrets to Great Parent Meetings
• 2012 Teaching for Change Staff Favorites
• Independent Publishers Take Lead on Latino Literature
• How to Build a Better Parent-Teacher Night
• Lawrence Guyot, ¡Presente!
• Testifying Against D.C. Public School Closures
• Sarah Markes Visiting to Discuss and Sign New Book, Street Level
• “Mix It Up at Lunch Day” – Has Your School Signed Up?
• Pearson Erases Paul Robeson from History: Students Write 100 Letters to Challenge Omission
• Baseball News Based on Biased Math
• Are you a Federal Employee? If Yes, Select TFC on the CFC!
• State Out of the Union: Teaching for Change Hosts Jeff Biggers
• Join Us at “A is for Anansi: A Conference on Children’s Literature”
• Planet Maud Vintage & Co. Trunk Show Benefiting Teaching for Change
• Two Chances to Learn About Award Winning Latino Children’s Literature
• Teaching for Change Pioneers Latino Parent Leadership Training in D.C.
• Can You Name a Central American Author or Historical Figure?
• Working Together: Parents and Principal Start the Year with a Critical Dialogue
• Thank You, 2012 Interns and Volunteers!
• Undocumented and Unafraid: Sharing Stories, Transforming Hearts and Minds
• Teachers Connect with Families, Neighborhood During Community Walks
• Teaching for Change Offers Dynamic Training for DCPS Head Start
• Race & Education: An A.C.T.O.R. Discussion
• Dangerous Legal Status Precedent Averted
• Enid Lee: Putting Race on the Table
• Allyson Criner Brown Selected for Fellowship
• Honor Chuck Brown’s Legacy: Teach the Beat
• The Go-Go Beat in Washington D.C.: Developing Classroom Lessons
• Thank You for Joining the Teaching Out LOUD Campaign
• Sasha Reuther Shares Labor Film with Students: Filmfest 2012
• “Multiplication Is for White People”: Full House for Lisa Delpit’s Book Talk
• Capturing Stories, Honoring Teachers
• Tellin’ Stories Evaluation Shows Promising Early Results
• Bringing Parents Back to the Table
• Stand Against High-Stakes Testing
• Teaching About Trayvon Martin with Young Children
• Risks and Rewards of Teaching for Democracy: Activism in the Classroom
• Black History Is U.S. History: Freedom Schools
• What Kids Aren’t Learning: Speaker Bios
• What Kids Aren’t Learning: History Under Attack and Why It Matters
• Focus-In! Film and Teaching for Change Present: Precious Knowledge
• John Nichols on Anniversary of Wisconsin Uprising
• Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

2011

• Turning the Tables on Parent-Teacher Meetings
• Responses to CityPaper Article About D.C. Bookstore
• History Steps Out of the Photograph: John Carlos Speaks to Students
• Melissa Harris-Perry on Sister Citizen
• History After Hours at the African American Civil War Museum
• Rita Dove Shares Stage, Advice, and 20th Century Poetry with the DC Youth Slam Team
• América Calderón Selected to National Committee for the Américas Book Award
• Race and Africa in Ranger Rick Magazine
• Civil Rights Teaching at the Schomburg Center
• John Carlos Shares Reflections on Civil Rights Teaching
• Tellin’ Stories Receives Grants for Professional Evaluation
• Missouri Teachers’ Overwhelming Response to Family Engagement Training
• Howard Zinn Room Dedication
• Teaching for Change Partners with D.C. High School to Bolster Library Collection
• National History Day at Capital City Public Charter School
• Student Assignment: How to Improve Our School and Community
• Afro-Peruvian Musical Fundraiser for Teaching for Change a Success
• Strengthening Parent Engagement in Two Schools
• Bookseller Katie Seitz’s Chalkboard Art is Just the Start to a Great Event
• Author Malalai Joya Speaks at Busboys and Poets Despite Being Denied a Visa by State Department
• Parent Leader Represents Maryland at Education Conference
• Shining a Light on Whistleblowing
• 5 Myths About Ronald Reagan
• Beyond Heroes and Holidays Editor on Panel with Claudette Colvin
• Jenice L. View Interviewed About Black History Month
• Teaching About Haiti
• Expanding and Deepening Parent Engagement at E.L. Haynes Public Charter School

2010

• Exciting Developments in McComb, Mississippi
• Premiere of Dave Zirin’s New Film a Fundraiser for Teaching for Change
• Teaching for Change Featured in Shelf Awareness
• Américas Book Award 2010
• Tull Family Fundraiser Features Judy Richardson
• Teaching Guide on Ellsberg, the Vietnam War and Whistleblowing
• Alicia Horton – Thank You for 13 Years of Leadership
• Edwidge Danticat Fills the House
• Firsthand View of the School Reform Debate in D.C.
• Child of the Civil Rights Movement author Paula Young Shelton in McComb, Miss.
• Mendez v. Westminster: A California School Desegregation Case
• James Loewen Sets the Record Straight on Civil War
• Child of the Civil Rights Movement
• Teaching for Change Featured in Front Porch Journal
• NCORE Conference Affirms Race and Ethnicity in Education
• Promises, Promises: Parents Say Its Time to Build Our School
• Teaching About Haiti

2009

• Enid Lee Presents Major Report on Race and Education
• Mississippi Mayor Visits Teaching for Change
• Remembering Dr. Ronald Takaki
• Dr. Patricia Hill Collins on Race, the Media, Schools, and Democratic Possibilities
• Bob Zellner on The Wrong Side of Murder Creek
• Enid Lee is Multicultural Educator of the Year