By Vanessa Williams
Walking into the front office of Hayfield Secondary School (ACPS), you’re greeted warmly by the office assistant and with cold-looking portraits of the past administrative staff at the school. Nestled in a classroom inconspicuously on the second floor, Ms. Ariel Alford is prepared to launch into a lesson on Black Lives Matter from an international perspective, focusing that day on Denmark.
Read MoreClose to 80 teachers convened at Howard University on April 13, 2019, to participate in a Reconstruction Teach-In as part of the Teach Reconstruction campaign. Read more >>
Read MoreMore than 140 educators and teacher ed students from the metro D.C. area came together for a D.C. Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action Curriculum Fair at Howard University on January 22. The fair was co-hosted by Teaching for Change’s D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice and the Howard University School of Education. Read more >>
Read MoreOn September 2, 2018, Greg Carr gave a talk on Reconstruction as part of the Busboys and Poets A.C.T.O.R. series. The talk was co-hosted by Teaching for Change and the Zinn Education Project. Read more >>
Read MoreOn April 24, close to 100 D.C. area educators filled the Blackburn Center at Howard University for a teach-in on the hidden history and relevance today of Reconstruction. The event was hosted by the Howard University School of Education, Teaching for Change’s D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, and the Zinn Education Project as part of the Zinn Education Project campaign to teach Reconstruction. Read more >>
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