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The Challenge of Teaching in a Racially and Politically Polarized Time

October 18, 2016 0 comments



Our panelists will address the complex issues faced by K-12 teachers struggling to help students make sense of the current tumultuous environment: the heated rhetoric around race, immigration and xenophobia in the 2016 election, the debates around race and policing here in Chicago and throughout the country and other  controversial issues.  What are the challenges of these developments for teachers and what are the different ways that educators meet these challenges?  The panelists will address how to engage students in meaningful discussion, how to create safe classroom spaces and how to develop a mind-set of civic responsibility.

Dr. Horace Hall, Associate Professor, DePaul College of Education will present introductory remarks and moderate the panel.

Panelists include:

Liz Robbins, Social Science teacher, Lindbloom High School; Civic Instructional Specialist for Chicago Public Schools

Mario Perez, Coordinator and Social Science teacher, the Newcomer Center, Township High School District 214, Arlington Heights

Johnae Strong, Elementary school teacher and restorative justice coordinator, Chicago Public Schools

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September 13, 2016 0 comments

TSJ Teach-In: Are Police Necessary?

Date: September 24, 2016
UIC College of Education
1040 W. Harrison Street, Room 3427
Time: 5:00-7:00 pm

Sign up for the Teach-In here.

Download the flyer here. 

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Why We Say Black Lives Matter: Affirming Our Existence in Schools ITAG

August 22, 2016 0 comments

New Inquiry to Action (ITAG) Opportunity! 

Please register for: Why We Say Black Lives Matter: Affirming our Existence in Schools ITAG, if interested or pass along to other networks. An ITAG is an inquiry to action group that meets around a particular concept to engage in political education with the goal of bringing together theory and action. After presenting at TSJ's 2015 Curriculum Fair, David Stovall, Stephanie Hicks and myself wanted to further that conversation beyond that space and work with educators to address anti-Black racism in schools. Participants have developed curriculums, participated in protests and formed other political study groups as part of their action piece in the ITAGS hosted by Teachers for Social Justice and NYCORE in New York. Those are just examples of the many possibilities that may develop from the space. 

So register to come join us as we collectively unpack the ways anti-Blackness shows up in educational spaces and work towards making sure Black children know their lives matter. Please register here:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCJO2dqCfZiKxXh2ETUnduyWHph3SDuIQEcxIVPjGx_y0WHg/viewform.


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TSJ General Meeting Sat. June 11 - Discussion and planning for #TSJCF16

May 9, 2016 0 comments


TSJ General Meeting and Curriculum Fair Planning

Date: Sat, June 11th
UIC College of Education
1040 W. Harrison St, Room 3427
Time : 5:00 PM-7:00 PM

This year's Curriculum Fair theme: DEFUND Police in Schools and Communities: FUND Community Schools and Communities will explore the connections between racial and economic justice, the links between racism and capitalism, and state sanctioned violence in communities and schools.

As educators, parents, and communities members, we know the troubling relationship Black and Brown families often have with police, yet police have become a common fixture in our schools and in our communities. We refuse to accept this as a norm. Our children deserve to be educated not policed.

At the same time we are truly witnessing the "history of the present moment" as groups of activists and organizers in Chicago and around the nation have been fighting back against economic and racial violence in unapologetic, creative, and effective ways. The critical analysis and rejection of the conditions which facilitate and reward over-policing and police brutality toward Black and Brown communities is stronger than any time since the modern civil rights movement began. Our goal is for the Curriculum Fair to build on this work and help educators bring this critical analysis into the curriculum and into the classrooms by discussing and planning workshops (among others) that explore:
    
  -What does it look like to strive to be an anti-racist teacher practitioner?
    
  -How do we understand the political economy of, and the connection between, chattel slavery, the prison industrial complex, and over-policing in Black and Brown communities?
      
 -What are the historic and contemporary issues that contribute to the explosion in incarceration and policing in Black and Brown communities?
    
  -What are the radical possibilities for truly restorative justice in our schools and in the communities in which they are situated?

Join us to discuss and plan the theme for the 2016 Teachers for Social Justice Curriculum Fair #TSJCF16, and begin to plan together to make this the most meaningful and action inspiring TSJ Curriculum Fair yet.
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TSJ's Pauline Lipman to be honored by The Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy at UIC

January 28, 2014 0 comments


The Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy
at the University of Illinois, Chicago
is pleased to announce its JANUARY 2014 SCHOLAR SPOTLIGHT featuring:

Pauline Lipman
Professor, Educational Policy Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago


Lipman’s work focuses on race and class inequality in education,
globalization, and the political economy of urban education. Her most
recent book, "The New Political Economy of Urban Education: Neoliberalism,
Race, & the Right to the City," argues education is integral to neoliberal
economic and urban restructuring as well as class and race inequalities.
As a 2012-2013 IRRPP Policy and Social Engagement Fellow, Lipman has
partnered with the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO) to
explore how local communities are affected by Chicago Public Schools
policies. To learn more about Lipman's project with KOCO, read the entire
scholar spotlight here:

http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/irrpp/pdf/Research/ScholarSpotlightLipman2.pdf

The IRRPP Scholar Spotlight showcases research on race, ethnicity and
policy that is supported by Institute funding. To learn more about our
programs, or to read previous Scholar Spotlights, visit us at
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Popular Education Pieces are Available for Download - Spread the word!

September 1, 2013 0 comments

TSJ has created Popular Education Pieces that set forth a vision of what public schools should look like while connecting the dots of between many of the corporate style "reforms" that are in opposition to that vision. These 10 page booklets can be downloaded and printed for use at meetings, in classrooms and other gatherings where people are fighting for social justice in education. They can be used as full booklets, or as individual issue fact-sheets. Please distribute widely.


Download the English version here. (revised 9.11.13)

Download the Spanish version here.

(Note: The Spanish version is missing some of the cartoon images while we try to locate Spanish language versions.) Read the Full Story

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