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Jesse Hagopian teaches history and is the co-adviser to the Black Student Union at Garfield High School, the site of the historic boycott of the MAP test in 2013. Jesse is an associate editor of the acclaimed Rethinking Schools magazine, is a founding member of Social Equality Educators (SEE), was recipient of the 2012 Abe Keller Foundation award for “excellence and innovation in peace education,” and was received the 2013 Secondary Teacher of Year award by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences.

January 12, 2020 marks 10th Anniversary of the Earthquake in Haiti my family survived—A decade later, a new Haitian Revolution is underway.

On January 12, 2020January 14, 2020 By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Haiti, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Ten years ago my family and I survived one of the most devastating natural disaster in recorded history—yet so many tens of thousands of Haitian people did not. Jesse and his wife Sarah joining in the first aid effort in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti It has been a long journey for me …

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The Chicago Teachers On Strike: ‘Until We Get What Our Students Deserve’

On October 23, 2019October 24, 2019 By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Chicago Teacher's Union, social justice unionism, Strike, Union1 Comment

After Mayor Lori Lightfoot rejected the demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, 25,000 teachers and 7,000 support staff launched a strike on Thursday, October 17, shutting down the schools for some 300,000 students. Also on the picket line were members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73, representing educational support staff and Special …

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Seattle Educators Endorse Liza, Molly, & Chandra for School Board

On October 21, 2019October 22, 2019 By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Elections, Seattle Eduction Association, Seattle School Boad, Social Equity Educators, Uncategorized1 Comment

We have a real opportunity to advance the struggle for social justice in the schools by electing this slate of educational leaders.

Save The Date: Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, Feb. 3-7, 2020

On October 16, 2019October 23, 2019 By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Black Lives Matter At School, BLM@School2020Leave a comment

The Black Lives Matter at School movement just released its public declaration that it will continue to organize its week of action during the first week of February. From the six-year-old Black girl whose tantrum at a Florida school got her arrested, handcuffed, and taken to the juvenile detention center to have her mugshot taken, …

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New York Post attacks Black Lives Matter at School movement, “Teaching for Black Lives,” and “The New Teacher Book”

On September 18, 2019September 19, 2019 By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Black History, Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter At School, Rethinking Schools, Teaching for Black Lives, Uncategorized1 Comment

With the new school year underway, antiracist educators around the country are back at work uplifting Black students--and the New York Post is back at work spewing racist garbage. For their back to school coverage, the Post decided to give column space, not to experts in closing opportunity gaps or promising new approaches to supporting Black …

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