Read Across America Week
This Read Across America Week, we hope you’ll continue introducing diverse texts to all of your students. We also encourage you to incorporate inclusive young readers’ editions in your curricula and organize social justice reading groups to discuss a diverse range of stories and critical topics alongside students and caregivers.
Reading Diversity
Reading for Social Justice
Teaching Black History Beyond February
Students notice when Black history is taught only in February, but they deserve to learn this American history year-round. These resources emphasize engaging students' communities and lived experiences, including how you can incorporate local stories in lessons—and move Black history from the margins to your everyday curriculum.
Black History Month Is Over. Now What?
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Recovering and Teaching Local History
Black History in the Making
Black history isn’t only in the past—it’s happening right now. This Black History Month, commit to acknowledging and elevating today’s young Black change makers and their accomplishments year-round. Our resources will help you uplift Black activists who are changing history and those fighting for justice within their communities, and they will encourage your students to see themselves as change makers too.
“We Won’t Wear the Name”
Teach This: “The Hill We Climb” and the 2021 Inauguration
Charlottesville’s Zyahna Bryant Shall Lead
Our New Magazine Issue: White Supremacy in Education
Our Spring 2021 issue is here! This issue introduces our new name, Learning for Justice, and dives deep into the ways that white supremacy manifests in U.S. schools—including in teacher preparation programs and distance learning. You’ll also learn the stories of educators and students who push back against white supremacy on their campuses and in their communities.
Issue 66, Spring 2021
“We Won’t Wear the Name”
It Was Always About Control
Why We Need Black History Month—Especially This Year
Black History Month begins February 1! And while we know anti-racist educators teach Black history year-round, we hope these resources will help you consider how you're framing the month this particular year. Learn more about the need for—and history behind—Black History Month and get support for teaching Black history in a way that moves beyond trauma and embraces liberation and resistance.