Events

It’s time to take action. . . . again. For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public […]

Once again, our friends at Climate Generation are offering their online “Summer Institute for Climate Education,” during the week of July 15–19. One of the presenters will be teacher extraordinaire and Rethinking Schools writer […]

Join Rethinking Schools for a webinar on our newest book, Transgender Justice in Schools. Transgender Justice in Schools provides inspirational stories from trans students and educators and resources for teachers, students, and parents […]

Join D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice (DCAESJ) for the third annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair on Saturday, August 17, 2024 from 8:45AM–12:15PM in person at Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS […]

On Monday, September 16, 2024, historian Kellie Carter Jackson will discuss We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance with Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian and Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones. Carter […]

Did you know that the biggest Civil Rights Movement demonstration of the 1960s happened in New York City? Did you know that at the same time people were pressing for […]

17th Annual Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference “Rethinking Our Classrooms, Organizing for Better Schools”  Saturday, October 26, 2024 9am – 4:00pm The annual Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference, […]

On Monday, November 18, 2024, documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen will discuss American Coup: Wilmington 1898, a new American Experience PBS documentary directed by Richen and Brad Lichtenstein that examines a white supremacist massacre of […]

On Monday, December 2, 2024, scholar Orisanmi Burton and Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian will discuss Burton’s book, Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt, which […]

On Monday, January 13, 2025, Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian and Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones will discuss Hagopian’s latest book, Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education and the campaign to […]

Historian Justene Hill Edwards and Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian will discuss Edwards’ book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank, a comprehensive account of the Freedman’s Bank and […]

Historian Jeanne Theoharis and Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian will discuss Theoharis’s book, King of the North: Martin Luther King’s Freedom Struggle Outside of the South.