Teaching For Change

Specialties

Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to transform schools into centers of justice where students learn to read, write and change the world.

Teaching for Change operates from the belief that schools can provide students the skills, knowledge and inspiration to be citizens and architects of a better world — or they can fortify the status quo. 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.

History

Established in 1989.

Teaching for Change has a 20-​year history of promoting education which provides students the skills, knowledge and inspiration to be agents of change for a better world. Awarded Organization of the Year by the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) in 2004, Teaching for Change provides its key constituents – parents and teachers – with social justice focused professional development and resources. With its office in Washington, DC, Teaching for Change is a national organization with a hands-​on commitment to its local community.

Teaching for Change pursues its mission through cutting edge professional development for teachers, a highly-​effective parent-​empowerment program, and innovative pre-​K-​12 publications which serve as a lifeline for teachers, other school staff, and parents.

Meet the Business Owner

Deborah M.

Business Owner

Deborah Menkart, Executive Director–

Raised in D.C., Deborah’s activism began in junior high school when she protested D.C.‘s «taxation without representation» and the «dresses-​only» dress code for girls. The dress code changed, but D.C.‘s colonial status continues. Her perspective on the world was shaped by being the first born in the U.S. of European immigrants on both sides of her family and being raised by a single mother who worked as a dressmaker. During the 1970s Deborah lived in San Diego, California, where she worked as a shipyard electrician and was active in the antiwar, women’s, international solidarity, and labor movements. Through all of these experiences she decided that for any social justice movement in the U.S. to succeed, a change in pre-​K — 12 education is essential. Since 1989 she has been pursuing that goal in her work at Teaching for Change.

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