Events

This fair is an opportunity for D.C. area educators to connect in person while exploring curriculum aligned with various social justice themes. Coordinated in partnership with DCAESJ working groups, this fair […]

On Monday, August 25, author and educator Clint Smith, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian and educator and Prentiss Charney Fellow Jessica Rucker, will discuss the new young readers edition of How the Word Is […]

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 […]

“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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]