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Teaching for Equity & Justice

Through Facing History, educators are working together to improve equity and justice in their classrooms and schools.

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How did we as a society arrive at this place of profound educational inequity, and what can we do about it as educators?

How can educators bring a critical consciousness lens to their classrooms, curriculum, and interactions with students?
What histories do we need to investigate and interrogate in order to fully understand current day school policies and practices and take the needed steps to change them?
How can educators reject a deficit mindset about students' achievement and behavior and instead work to create classrooms that are inclusive, joyful, and center students' humanity?

We believe that facing bias, prejudice, and racism in schools is both empowering and a privilege. Our Teaching for Equity & Justice program is an invitation to join us in working to build an educational culture where every one can thrive.

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This impacted me greatly as I feel I have a responsibility to my students, colleagues, family, and children to make our education system better, to continually strive to be better and model that to all. As we saw over and over again in many examples, one person has the power to make meaningful change.

— Teaching for Equity & Justice participating educator

Professional Learning

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Hear from Dr. Marlee Bunch about how to create classrooms where all students can thrive and realize their full potential.

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Professional Learning

Jul 22, 2025 | 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Virtual

Join us for this special conversation with Dr. Richard Milner about teaching, leading, and learning with young people across difference inside and outside of classroom spaces.

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Professional Learning

Jul 29, 2025 | 2:45 - 3:45pm EDT

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Join us for this special conversation on equitable classrooms with author and educator Dr. Liza Talusan.

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Professional Learning

Jul 29 - 30, 2025

Virtual

This workshop moves beyond critical awareness to explore how justice and inclusion come to life in classrooms and schools.

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Professional Learning

Aug 14, 2025 | 1 - 2pm EDT

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Join us for a conversation with Dr. Jamila Dugan about dreaming to usher in a new education future.

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This content is so important, especially today and what is happening all over our country. It is important to help teachers find their lens and how to implement these ideas into the classroom.

— Teaching for Equity & Justice participating educator

Facing History shares the historical contexts that shape educational inequity and what it takes to disrupt it.

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A Proven Impact

Schools that take part in Teaching for Equity & Justice put in place more equitable educational policies and classroom practices.

Evaluation shows that when schools complete our training:

School leaders become more effective at fostering equity and culturally responsive practices among educators
Teachers develop more trusting, personalized, and respectful relationships with students
Teachers create more open, inclusive, and deliberative classrooms

96% of Teaching for Equity & Justice participants report having increased confidence that they can move the needle on improving equity in schools.

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Professional Learning

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Examine the historical legacy of racism and its continuing challenges today. Educators acquire tools for facilitating discussion on this topic within Jewish educational settings.

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Professional Learning

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The global pandemic has magnified deep structural and historical inequities. Listen to a conversation with Dr. Pedro Noguera, national educational leader and Dean of the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education, where we hear his reflections on the state of education today and what it means to support social justice and be an anti-racist educator.

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Insight

by Facing History Staff

Dec 2, 2022

Participating in our All Community Read? This list of recommended resources can support you and your school if you would like to join us on our disability rights learning journey.

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Professional Learning

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Learn interdisciplinary teaching strategies to examine the events that brought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Memphis in 1968 through a critical lens.

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Professional Learning

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Dr. John B. King Jr., CEO of The Education Trust and former US Secretary of Education, and Dr. Janice K. Jackson, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, discuss the role of education during moments of national reckoning and the importance of civic agency in our classrooms.

Professional Learning

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Actor and activist George Takei discusses his family’s wrongful incarceration during WWII, and the anti-Asian racism on the rise today.

In the News

by Facing History & Ourselves

Sep 1, 2022

Welcome! We've created a list to help you explore the best of what we have to offer. It covers topics including educator competencies, classroom resources, inspiring stories, and more.

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In the News

by Grace Ruiter

Apr 28, 2023

Build on Harry Belafonte's work toward realizing the full promise of our democracy with these civil rights resources.

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In the News

by Facing History Staff

Mar 17, 2023

In honor of disability awareness & disability rights activist Judy Heumann, Facing History is hosting a day of reflection & action on March 30, 2023.

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Insight

by Charles Thomas Lai FitzGibbon

Feb 27, 2023

Learn about the United States’s immigration quota system and its history of discrimination.

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Featured Resource

by Jessica Weingartner

Mar 1, 2023

Since recorded history, women have always found memorable ways to share their narratives and ensure that their stories do not go untold.

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Insight

by Kaitlin Smith

Mar 8, 2023

Women’s History Month each year provides teachers a chance to take a deeper dive into the histories and experiences of women around the globe in work with their students.

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