About the Event Across the country, educators face extreme backlash for teaching the truth and creating inclusive classrooms. As of June 2022, the Washington Post identified at least 160 educators who lost their jobs or resigned because they taught about race or LGBTQ+ issues — and there are undoubtedly scores more who have been pushed […]

On Monday, October 16, 2023, author Blair L. M. Kelley will discuss her latest book, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class, which uses personal narratives to highlight the community and networks of resistance that Black laborers built in the face of racism and segregation. Blair L. M. Kelley is an award-winning author and assistant dean […]

16th Annual Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference “Rethinking Our Classrooms, Organizing for Better Schools”  Saturday, October 21, 2023 9am – 3:30pm  Parkrose High School Portland, Oregon Keynote Speakers Charles E. Cobb Jr. is a former field secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a journalist, and the author of a number of books including Radical […]

On Monday, November 13, 2023, historian Michael Hines will discuss his book A Worthy Piece of Work: The Untold Story of Madeline Morgan and the Fight for Black History in Schools, which details how African Americans educator activists in the early twentieth century created new curriculum around race and historical representation. Michael Hines is a historian of American […]

Monday, February 5, 2024: Everyday Solidarity: Interracial Organizing Stories from The Sum of Us Policy advocate and author Heather McGhee will discuss The Sum of Us: How Racism Hurts Everyone, the young readers’ edition of her bestselling book. Heather McGhee is distinguished lecturer of urban studies at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. Her best-selling book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs […]

Join Rethinking Schools, Defending the Early Years, and Black Lives Matter at School for a conversation on Centering Collective Value in the Early Years. This webinar event celebrates Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action.

Join Rethinking Schools' founding editor Bob Peterson and executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones for a retrospective on Rethinking Schools' history. This event is in partnership with West Chester University as part of their discussion series on race, class, gender & education. Register here.

Monday, March 4, 2024: The History of Black Music — A Love Supreme Award-winning musicologist and music historian Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. will discuss his book Who Hears Here? On Black Music, Pasts and Present. A Guggenheim Fellow and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. is a music historian, pianist, composer, […]

Join Rethinking Schools founding editor Bob Peterson and executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones in conversation with Jonathan Kozol about his newest book, An End to Inequality: Breaking Down the Walls of Apartheid Education in America. In the newest and culminating work of his long career, Kozol argues that it’s well past time to batter down inequities […]

Jesse Hagopian, Teaching for Black Lives co-editor and Rethinking Schools editor, will facilitate an informational session for educators who are interested in forming a Teaching for Black Lives study group in the 2024–2025 school year. Participants will hear from previous and current study group coordinators about their experience and impact. The session will include time […]

Monday, April 8, 2024: Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation Africana studies professor Julius B. Fleming Jr. in conversation with educator Jessica Rucker, will discuss the role of Black theater in the Black Freedom Struggle and the concept of “Black patience.” They will discuss: Black theater as a space in which Black people […]