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SUMMARY:Teaching Through Local Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Rethinking Schools hosts a panel conversation featuring the author of Amazing Iowa Scientists\, Katy Swalwell\, and high school educator Elizabeth “Lizzie” Zondo to discuss teaching strategies that encourage students to research local histories. \nKaty Swalwell is an educator\, scholar\, and parent committed to creating schools that are equitable\, inclusive\, and joyful spaces where all students\, staff\, and families can thrive.  \nPrior to being at East High School in Waterloo\, Iowa\, Lizzie was a NYC Teaching Fellow in the Bronx and an At-Risk Coordinator in a rural Iowa school. After taking an arts integration professional development course taught by Travis Gratteau-Zinnel\, Lizzie’s students created a book modeled after Katy’s Amazing Iowa Women called Amazing Waterloo Women\, which highlighted the history of local women.  \nThe conversation will focus on approaches to teaching local history through storytelling\, research\, and placed-based learning. The session will also include breakout conversations where attendees can collaborate\, reflect on their own practice\, and brainstorm ways to implement and adapt these strategies in their classrooms. \nParticipants will need access to Zoom. Register for the Zoom link.  \nDate: Tuesday\, July 21st  \nTime: 11 am PST/ 1 pm CST/ 2 pm EST \nThe event is free. To make events like this available to more educators and activists\, we would greatly appreciate your solidarity donation.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/teaching-through-local-storytelling/
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SUMMARY:America at 250: Teach Truth — A Teach-In
DESCRIPTION:Join Rethinking Schools editors and contributors for a teach-in on teaching truthfully about the American Revolution amid the pageantry of patriotism during the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This conversation will focus on teaching strategies and critical questions that unearth the voices of dissent from the U.S. past and present.   \nGiven the intersecting crises\, such as the backlash against social justice education\, ongoing genocide\, authoritarian rule\, and more—it is imperative that we equip students with tools for a truthful examination of the American Revolution so we can collectively shape a more just future.  \nParticipants will need access to Zoom. Register for the Zoom link.  \nDate: Thursday\, July 23  \nTime: 4 pm PT/6 pm CT/7 pm ET \nThe event is free. To make events like this available to more educators and activists\, we would greatly appreciate your solidarity donation.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/america-at-250-teach-truth-a-teach-in/
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SUMMARY:Informational Session: Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups
DESCRIPTION:Jesse Hagopian\, Teaching for Black Lives co-editor and Rethinking Schools editor\, will facilitate a 50-minute informational session for educators interested in forming a Teaching for Black Lives study group in their school\, district\, or statewide. Participants will hear from study group coordinators\, Alana Ward\, Uniserv Director for The SCEA in North Charleston\, South Carolina; Jenifer King\, elementary teacher in Las Vegas\, Nevada; and Laura Ellis\, high school librarian in Rockville\, Maryland. \n\nBenefits\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThanks to the support of donors\, each study group receives free of charge: \n\nTeaching for Black Lives book for each participant (up to 20)\, study questions\, and meeting facilitation guide\nRethinking Schools magazine subscription for each participant (up to 20)\nIntroductory workshop featuring one or more editors of Teaching for Black Lives\nAccess to several invitation-only webinars and workshops (panel discussions on current events\, curriculum workshops\, campaign planning)\nClosing event featuring one or more special guests\nAccess to a network of other study groups and social justice educators across the United States\nDedicated administrative support for study group coordinators\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to learn about the benefits and logistics. There will be time to ask questions and meet other educators in small groups.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/informational-session-teaching-for-black-lives-study-groups-2/
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SUMMARY:One Hundred Years of High School Student Organizing
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, September 28\, Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with historians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale about student organizing and state repression. Fountain is the author of High School Students Unite!: Teen Activism\, Education Reform\, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America and Hale is the author of A New Kind of Youth: Historically Black High Schools and Southern Student Activism\, 1920–1975. \nAaron G. Fountain Jr. is a historian and public scholar. His book High School Students Unite!was a finalist for the 2025 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History. His articles have been published in Time\, Smithsonian Magazine\, Al Jazeera\, The Hill\, and more. He has begun work on his second book\, which is a cultural and political history of teenagers and the Vietnam War in North America\, Australia\, and New Zealand. \nJon N. Hale is professor and associate head of education policy\, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to A New Kind of Youth\, Hale is also the author of The Choice We Face: How Segregation\, Race\, and Power Have Shaped America’s Most Controversial Education Reform Movement and The Freedom Schools: Student Activists in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement\, and co-editor of Schooling the Movement: The Activism of Southern Black Educators from Reconstruction Through the Civil Rights Eraand To Write in the Light of Freedom: The Newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools. \nASL interpretation provided. \nProfessional development credit certificate provided upon request for attendees. \nThese online classes with people’s historians are held at least once a month (generally on Mondays) at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET for 75 minutes. In each session\, the historian is interviewed by a teacher and breakout rooms allow participants to meet each other in small groups\, discuss the content\, and share teaching ideas. We designed the sessions for teachers and other school staff. Parents\, students\, and others are also welcome to participate.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/one-hundred-years-of-high-school-student-organizing/
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SUMMARY:Robeson\, Robinson\, and Resistance: Athletes\, Artists\, and the Struggle for Liberation
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, October 26\, Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with author Howard Bryant about his book Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America\, which tells the the untold story of sports and fame\, Black life in the United States\, and the promise of integration during the Cold War. \nHoward Bryant is the author of 11 books\, an esteemed journalist\, and an award-winning producer. Besides Kings and Pawns\, his books include Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams\, Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original\, Full Dissidence: Notes From an Uneven Playing Field\, The Heritage: Black Athletes\, A Divided America and the Politics of Patriotism\, The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron\, Juicing the Game: Drugs\, Power\, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball\, and more. \nASL interpretation provided. \nProfessional development credit certificate provided upon request for attendees. \nThese online classes with people’s historians are held at least once a month (generally on Mondays) at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET for 75 minutes. In each session\, the historian is interviewed by a teacher and breakout rooms allow participants to meet each other in small groups\, discuss the content\, and share teaching ideas. We designed the sessions for teachers and other school staff. Parents\, students\, and others are also welcome to participate.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/robeson-robinson-and-resistance-athletes-artists-and-the-struggle-for-liberation/
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