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2019
- ‘Tackling Bias in Family Engagement’ Workshop Fills the Room
- Washington, D.C. Indigenous Peoples’ Day Curriculum Teach-In 2019
- Let’s Talk! Talking about Race at Home
- 2019 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Curriculum Teach-In New York
- Teaching for Change Summer 2019 Interns Blog
- Stories from Teaching for Change Partner Schools 2018-2019
- Teaching How to Combat Hate: Drawing Lessons from Stories of Survivors
- Welcome to Our New Board Members
- Uplifting Stories from Our Classrooms
- New Website: Story of the Virginia Interscholastic Association (VIA)
- Thank You Nqobile Mthethwa
- National Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action February 4-8
- Teaching for Change Featured in Sir Ken Robinson’s New Book on Family Engagement
- Taking the Stage at NMAAHC to Discuss Representation in Children’s Literature
2018
- Teaching for Change in 2018
- Challenge Islamophobia Project Fall 2018 Updates
- A Better Way to Teach the Civil Rights Movement
- Teaching About the Taínos, Columbus, and Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a Middle School English Language Learners Classroom
- Challenge Islamophobia Project Introduces Lessons from Baltimore to San Francisco
- Indigenous People’s Day Curriculum Teach-In
- Highlights from Year One of D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
- Thank You Faye Colon and Welcome New Staff
- 2018 NEH Institute on Grassroots History of Civil Rights Movement: Daily Highlights
- Challenge Islamophobia Project Summer 2018 Updates
- Louise Derman-Sparks Responds to Scholastic
- Despite National Outrage, Scholastic Defends Children’s Books Celebrating Trump
- Teaching Guide on Rosenwald Schools, YMCAs, and More
- 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
Partner School - 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 Project
- Nationwide #BlackLivesMatter at School Week of Action
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Southern Freedom Movement Workshop at NCSS Conference
- Virginia Educators Explore Beyond Heroes and Holidays
- How well do you know Montgomery Bus Boycott history?
- Luci Murphy: A D.C. Cultural Warrior
- Teacher Fellows Plan for Future
- 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
- From the Hill Country to Jackson, Mississippi
- 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
- Bringing Freedom Summer to Students in Starkville
- 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
- Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and Labor History Teacher Fellowship
- 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
- Hands on the Plow for Teacher Fellowship
- 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
- Students Awarded for Local Mississippi History Projects
- 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
- Local History Awards at Mississippi History Day 2015
- 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
- First Local Mississippi History Award Winners
- 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
- Writing for Freedom: A Multidisciplinary Study of Freedom Schools Then and Now
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
- Young People’s Project in McComb and DC
- 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
E-Newsletter Archives
Here is a selection of past newsletters and announcements.
2015
- New Multicultural Children’s Books (October, 2015)
- Facing Gentrification in Schools (September, 2015)
- Bring Go-Go into D.C. Area Classrooms (August, 2015)
- Civil Rights Movement: Lessons and Legacy (August, 2015)
- 10 Things You Should Know about the Voting Rights Act (August, 2015)
- New Recommended Summer Reading Titles (July, 2015)
- Teaching Young Children About Race (July, 2015)
- Not the NY Times Summer Reading List (June, 2015)
- Support Learning Beyond Heroes and Holidays (June, 2015)
- My school has no walls and doors, and leaking ceilings (May, 2015)
- Lessons for Earth Day, Eduardo Galeano ¡Presente! (April, 2015)
- Teaching #BlackLivesMatter; Octavia’s Brood; Bookstore Memories; and more (April, 2015)
- High stakes testing boycot, new recommended books, and more (March, 2015)
- “Our Shining Prince” Teaching Malcolm X (February, 2015)
- Selma, Civil Rights, and Black History Resources for the Classroom (February, 2015)
- “Doing the Right Thing for Children,” Selma, and more (January, 2015)
- Inspiring Stories and Photos from 2014 (January, 2015)
2014
- Help Us Make Rush Limbaugh Mad Again in 2015 (December, 2014)
- A Brilliant Response to a Racist “Joke” (December, 2014)
- Victory in Ward 8! Parents Win Big for Their Kids (December, 2014)
- Best Social Justice Books of 2014 (November, 2014)
- Yes! We’re going to keep making Rush Limbaugh mad. (November, 2014)
- Latino Heritage Month: Put Central America on the Map in Schools (September, 2014)
- Meet Naomi Klein, Charles Cobb Jr., Duncan Tonatiuh, and more (September, 2014)
- True Teacher Stories and Central America Resources for Schools (September, 2014)
- “I question America.” — Fannie Lou Hamer, MFDP 50th Anniversary (August, 2014)
- Bringing Central America and Gaza into the Classroom (August, 2014)
- The Crisis is Bigger than Limbaugh (June 2014)
- Rush Limbaugh Calls Teaching for Change Racist for Promoting Diverse Children’s Books (June 2014)
- Where are the People of Color in Children’s Books? Spring at Teaching for Change (May 2014)
- Black History is U.S. History—All Year Long (February 2014)
2013
- Don’t miss 2013 highlights of building social justice starting in the classroom (December 2013)
- Shedding New Light on the Movement and More (October 2013)
- Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month: Put Central America on the Map in Schools (September 2013)
- Did You Know? 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (August 2013)
- Baseball and Social Justice Meet in 2013 (April 2013)
- Teaching Clemente, Go-Go Music, Voting Rights, and More (April 2013)
- Teaching 1963 Beyond I Have a Dream (February 2013)
2012
- What Teachers Need – And How You Can Help (October 2012)
- See What’s New: Back to School with Teaching For Change (September 2012)
- You’re Invited: Poetry, Politics, Live Music, History, and Humor (September 2012)
- What Kids Aren’t Learning and Why We’re Teaching Out LOUD (April 2012)
- Special Invitation: ‘What Kids Aren’t Learning” at Busboys and Poets (February 2012)
- Black History: Don’t Just Celebrate — Educate! (February 2012)
2011
- Social Justice in Education? Here are Two Examples (December 2011)
- StoryCorps Partners with Teaching for Change (December 2011)
- What Every Student Needs (December 2011)
- What the Textbooks Don’t Say: Students Learn the Truth about the ’68 Olympics and the (In)famous Salute (December 2011)
- Teaching for Change with StoryCorps, Schomburg Center, Cornell West, and more (November 2011)
- Teaching About People’s Uprisings and More (May 2011)
2010
- What kind of change do YOU want to see in schools? (December 2010)
- Parents and Teachers Fight Back! From Haiti to DC and Beyond (December 2010)
- Building Social Justice, Starting in the Classroom (November 2010)
- Teaching for Change Turns 20! (Spring 2010)
2009-2007
- Zinn Education Project News (February 2009)
- Support Teaching for Change (December 2008)
- News from Teaching for Change (April 2007)
