{"product_id":"black-lives-matter-at-school-hardcover","title":"Black Lives Matter at School - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJesse Hagopian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDenisha Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Lives Matter at School\u003c\/em\u003eis an essential resource for all those seeking to build an antiracist school system.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning and #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestselling Author \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Lives Matter at School\u003c\/em\u003e succinctly generalizes lessons from successful challenges to institutional racism that have been won through the BLM at School movement that began at one school in 2016 and has since spread to hundreds of schools across the country. This book will inspire many hundreds or thousands of more educators to join the BLM at School movement at a moment when this antiracist work in education could not be more urgent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors include Opal Tometi who wrote a moving foreword, Bettina Love who has a powerful chapter on abolitionist teaching, Brian Jones who writes about centering BLM at School in the historical context of other struggles for racial justice in education and several prominent teacher union leaders from Chicago to Los Angeles and beyond who discuss the importance of anti-racist struggle in education unions. The book includes essays, interviews, poems, resolutions, and more from educators, students and parents around the country who have been building Black Lives Matter at School on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDenisha Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and Director of the Art of Teaching, graduate teacher education program, at Sarah Lawrence College. After earning her bachelor's degree in early childhood education from the University of the District of Columbia, Denisha worked as a kindergarten and preschool teacher, and a preschool director. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana University in 2013. In 2018, she earned her Juris Doctor from the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia. Denisha is an education justice advocate and activist. She serves as Co-Director for Defending the Early Years, Inc, and is the Assistant Executive Director for the Badass Teachers Association. Currently, her research focuses on utilizing the BLM at School curriculum as cultural citizenship and documenting the value of play as a tool for liberation with an emphasis on global approaches to play. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJesse Hagopian\u003c\/strong\u003e is a member of the Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and teaches Ethnic Studies at Seattle's Garfield High School. Jesse is an editor for \u003cem\u003eRethinking Schools \u003c\/em\u003emagazine, the co-editor of the book, \u003cem\u003eTeaching for Black Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, and the editor of the book \u003cem\u003eMore Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High Stakes Testing. \u003c\/em\u003eJesse is a recipient of the 2013 Secondary School Teacher of the Year award and the Special Achievement Courageous Leadership award from the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences. In 2015, Jesse received the Seattle\/King County NAACP Service Award. Jesse serves as the Director of the Black Education Matters Student Activist Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51790016872736,"sku":"9781642593891","price":85.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/54c26d49892a2db57829a1e2da1a6140.webp?v=1780669832","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/black-lives-matter-at-school-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}