“Teacher Unions and Social Justice”–A New Book To Spur Rebellion From Rethinking Schools, With an Online Book Launch and Discussion January 21 at 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm CST

I am excited to announce that I have a new book coming out from Rethinking Schools that I co-edited with Michael Charney and Bob Peterson: Teacher Unions and Social Justice: Organizing for the Schools and Communities Our Students Deserve. On Thursday, January 21, the book's editors will be joined by leading social justice union organizers Arlene Inouye and Michelle Gunderson to launch the book--and hopefully a new era of union power in the struggle for schools and society our children deserve.

Remaking Schools In The Time Of Coronavirus–Online event with Jesse Hagopian, Noliwe Rooks, & Wayne Au

I am excited to announce that I will be joining Professor Noliwe Rooks and Professor Wayne Au for this online forum titled, "Remaking Schools in the Time of Coronavirus", hosted by Haymarket Books, Rethinking Schools and The New Press.

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

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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Macklemore and Michael Bennett buy “Teaching for Black Lives” book for all Seattle secondary humanities teachers

Grammy award winning artist Macklemore and three time NFL pro bowler Michael Bennett team up to purchase the new critically acclaimed book, Teaching for Black Lives, for distribution to ALL Social Studies & Language Arts Teachers in the Seattle Public Schools The new book from Rethinking Schools called, “A Handbook for all educators to fight …

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