Tag: Stories from Our Classrooms
On March 14, 2019, eight D.C. teachers reminded everyone of the joys of teaching with moving stories from their classrooms. The event was organized by Stories from Our Classrooms alumni and held in the American Poetry Museum in the Brookland neighborhood of D.C. The space was filled to standing room only with fellow teachers, family …
We are pleased to announce that Ellen Royse, a teacher from our Stories from Our Classrooms social justice writing course, had her article published in the spring 2017 edition of the Rethinking Schools journal. The article, “‘I See Birds Everywhere I Go’: Engaging urban students in the natural world,” begins as follows: I grew up in …
At the February convening of the Stories from Our Classrooms writing course, teacher alumni Ellen Royse and Amy Rothschild and current participant Shayna Tivona shared how they used their teacher voices on behalf of democracy. Earlier this month, our friends and family across the country had trouble reaching their Senators to express their views on …
On Sunday, October 16, 2016, twenty D.C. area teachers gathered for the first session of Stories from our Classrooms 2016-2017, an annual course offered by Teaching for Change. The goals for this course are for teacher participants to deepen their own practice, build community among D.C. area social justice educators, and to contribute to the all-too-scarce …
On June 12, 2016, Teaching for Change celebrated the work of the teachers from our inaugural Stories from Our Classrooms social justice teacher writing group. Every month on a Sunday, social justice teacher writers came together to write, reflect, and share. The event opened with teachers each reading one of the lines below to highlight …
The buzz filled the room long after Natalie Hopkinson’s talk with teachers about the writing process. Hopkinson was the featured guest presenter for the March session of Stories from Our Classrooms, a course for D.C. area social justice teachers who are writing for publication. Hopkinson, a talented writer who addresses issues of race, culture, and …
A writing course for D.C. area social justice teachers. D.C. area teachers have important stories to tell. The future well-being of our public schools depends on those stories being heard. This course is for D.C. area teachers who are eager to write about their own classrooms through a social justice lens. One Sunday each month, teachers meet to write and …
Tag: Stories from Our Classrooms
Uplifting Stories from Our Classrooms
Posted: March 15, 2019 by Deborah
On March 14, 2019, eight D.C. teachers reminded everyone of the joys of teaching with moving stories from their classrooms. The event was organized by Stories from Our Classrooms alumni and held in the American Poetry Museum in the Brookland neighborhood of D.C. The space was filled to standing room only with fellow teachers, family …
Category: 2019, News Tags: Stories from Our Classrooms
D.C. Teacher Published in Rethinking Schools
Posted: April 5, 2017 by Deborah
We are pleased to announce that Ellen Royse, a teacher from our Stories from Our Classrooms social justice writing course, had her article published in the spring 2017 edition of the Rethinking Schools journal. The article, “‘I See Birds Everywhere I Go’: Engaging urban students in the natural world,” begins as follows: I grew up in …
Category: 2017, News, News Articles Tags: Stories from Our Classrooms
Why I Teach: We Must Teach Children to Defend Themselves
Posted: February 22, 2017 by Deborah
At the February convening of the Stories from Our Classrooms writing course, teacher alumni Ellen Royse and Amy Rothschild and current participant Shayna Tivona shared how they used their teacher voices on behalf of democracy. Earlier this month, our friends and family across the country had trouble reaching their Senators to express their views on …
Category: 2017, News, News Articles Tags: DC area stories, DC teachers, Stories from Our Classrooms
Stories from Our Classrooms 2016
Posted: October 25, 2016 by Allison Acosta
On Sunday, October 16, 2016, twenty D.C. area teachers gathered for the first session of Stories from our Classrooms 2016-2017, an annual course offered by Teaching for Change. The goals for this course are for teacher participants to deepen their own practice, build community among D.C. area social justice educators, and to contribute to the all-too-scarce …
Category: 2016, News Tags: DC area stories, DC teachers, social justice teachers, Stories from Our Classrooms
Stories from Our Classrooms Celebration
Posted: June 15, 2016 by Allison Acosta
On June 12, 2016, Teaching for Change celebrated the work of the teachers from our inaugural Stories from Our Classrooms social justice teacher writing group. Every month on a Sunday, social justice teacher writers came together to write, reflect, and share. The event opened with teachers each reading one of the lines below to highlight …
Category: 2016, News Tags: DC area stories, DC teachers, Stories from Our Classrooms
Natalie Hopkinson’s Wisdom About Writing
Posted: March 26, 2016 by Deborah
The buzz filled the room long after Natalie Hopkinson’s talk with teachers about the writing process. Hopkinson was the featured guest presenter for the March session of Stories from Our Classrooms, a course for D.C. area social justice teachers who are writing for publication. Hopkinson, a talented writer who addresses issues of race, culture, and …
Category: 2016 Tags: DC teachers, Stories from Our Classrooms
Stories from Our Classrooms: Application
Posted: August 25, 2015 by Deborah
A writing course for D.C. area social justice teachers. D.C. area teachers have important stories to tell. The future well-being of our public schools depends on those stories being heard. This course is for D.C. area teachers who are eager to write about their own classrooms through a social justice lens. One Sunday each month, teachers meet to write and …
Category: News Tags: Stories from Our Classrooms