Join educators on Saturday, January 24, 2026 for a powerful keynote by Jessica A. Rucker, a doctoral student in the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland whose scholarship focuses on Black radicalisms. Be in community with educators and others to engage in TWELVE interactive workshops, that center Black joy, student voice, and the Black Lives […]
Monday, January 26: Black History Is for Everyone Educator Brian Jones, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian, will discuss his latest book Black History Is for Everyone, a look at how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who we are.
Monday, February 2: I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month Historian Jarvis Givens joins Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones and editor Jesse Hagopian to discuss his latest book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month. Drawing on archival research, personal stories involving family and […]
Join Rethinking Schools, Penguin Random House, Defending the Early Years, and Black Lives Matter at School for a virtual launch and celebration of Main Street: A Community Story About Redlining by Britt Hawthorne and Tiffany Jewell. The webinar will feature a conversation with the authors, followed by a panel of early childhood and elementary educators […]
Join Rethinking Schools for a virtual discussion and celebration of “I Didn't Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education,” the memoir of Karen Lewis, the brilliant former president of the Chicago Teachers Union. The webinar will feature Rethinking Schools’ Executive Director Cierra Kaler-Jones and editor Jesse Hagopian in conversation with historian Elizabeth Todd-Breland, who […]
Monday, April 13: Until the Last Gun Is Silent Historian Matthew Delmont joins Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones to discuss his latest book Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America’s Soul, which tells the story of the Vietnam War through lives of […]
Monday, May 4: Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea Historian Marcus Rediker, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian, will discuss his books Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea and The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic, and talks about the many enslaved […]
