Teaching for Change
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| Founded | 1989 December |
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| Type | 501(c)3 |
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| Focus | educational |
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| Coordinates | 38°55′04″N 77°01′54″W / 38.917813°N 77.031777°W |
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Area served
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United States |
| Method | parent organizing, professional development, and publications |
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Key people
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Kate Tindle, Board Chair |
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Employees
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21 |
| Slogan | "Building social justice, starting in the classroom." |
| Mission | Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write and change the world. |
| Website | http://www.teachingforchange.org |
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Formerly called
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Network of Educators on Central America |
Teaching for Change is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 and based in Washington D.C. with the motto of "building social justice, starting in the classroom." This organization uses publications, professional development, and parent organizing programs to accomplish this goal.
Teaching for Change coordinates a variety of programs that aim to encourage teachers, students, and parents to build a more equitable, multicultural society through education.
The Tellin' Stories program is a process for building parent engagement in schools. This program uses a bottom-up approach, encouraging parents to define what their roles will be. The training plan has four stages:
An independent, non-profit bookstore and webstore located inside the Busboys and Poets 14th and V Streets location. The bookstore hosts author events and provides vetted selections of books focusing on progressive politics, multicultural lessons for pre K-12, and stories of a people's history. Teaching for Change has helped bring noted authors to host readings, discussions and book signings, including Alice Walker, Howard Zinn, Cornel West, Ronald Takaki, Michelle Alexander, Melissa Harris-Perry, John Sayles, Nikki Giovanni, Robert Parris Moses, Juan Gonzalez, Ralph Nader, Taylor Branch, Dave Zirin, Naomi Klein, Tariq Ali, Clarence Lusane, Marita Golden and Junot Diaz.
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