Teaching for Change

Mission

Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write, and change the world.

By drawing direct connections to real world issues, Teaching for Change encourages teachers and students to question and re-think the world inside and outside their classrooms; build a more equitable, multicultural society; and become active global citizens. Our professional development, publications, and parent organizing programs serve teachers, other school staff, and parents. Our main focus is national and we have dedicated programs in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Since its founding, Teaching for Change has vetted and promoted social justice books for children and adults in response to the wide diversity gap in children’s books and the publishing industry. We curate SocialJusticeBooks.org to identify and promote the best multicultural and social justice children’s books, as well as articles and books for educators. On the SocialJusticeBooks.org website, we provide K-12 booklists on a range of themes and book reviews. We also engage in campaigns to hold publishers accountable in response to specific titles or collections.

Organization Information