Scholar Eve L. Ewing, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian and Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones, will discuss her book, Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism, an examination of how the U.S. school system helps maintain racial inequality and social hierarchies.
“Rethinking Our Classrooms, Organizing for Better Schools” is the theme for the 18th Annual Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference to be held at Parkrose High School in Portland, Oregon. There will be speakers, workshops, a resources fair, and more. Registration coming soon
Historian Jeanne Theoharis will return to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South, with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian. This class is part two to a March 2025 Teach the Black Freedom Struggle class with Theoharis where she discussed the book just prior to its release. Given the extent of […]
On Monday, November 10, scholar Joshua Clark Davis, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian, will discuss his new book Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back, an examination of the civil rights struggle through its work against police violence — and a prehistory of both the Black Lives […]
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 […]
Fighting for our Futures: Teaching for Solidarity and Justice in This Crisis 10 AM – 4 PM Saturday, March 14, 2026 Greater Lawndale High School for Social Justice (SoJo) 3120 S Kostner Ave, Chicago, IL Speakers, Workshops, Curriculum, Resources, Culture, Food What is the Curriculum Fair? The Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair is a […]
In the next 10 years the AI education market is projected to reach between $112 billion and $127 billion — more than double the federal government’s entire K–12 education budget. Tech executives, administrators, and even some teacher union leaders are urging educators to utilize AI for everything from lesson planning to giving feedback, and to […]
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 […]