Over the past several days I’ve been reading over some of the teaching resources and ideas that have been published since the murder of Michael Brown and the militaristic police response to protestors in the weeks that followed. Rethinking Schools and The Morningside Center offer excellent curriculum ideas. My friend and principal Chris Lehmann has a thoughtful post […]Read Post ›
Today we finished installing our Social Justice Alphabet project as part of the Art in the Open Festival. You can see all of the images on the site we created for the project, along with a project description. If you are in Philly come out to 22nd and Arch Streets to see the project live!
I’m very excited about the public art project we will be installing over the next couple of weeks. As we wrote in the intro to the project site: Philly public school students know firsthand about struggles for social justice. Recent budget cuts have forced us all to reflect upon the importance of public schools and the role of […]Read Post ›
Mr J Block 