Jesse Hagopian

@jessedhagopian

Jesse Hagopian is a high school teacher in Seattle, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine, and the author of Teach Truth: The Attack on Critical Race Theory and the Struggle for Antiracist Education, forthcoming from Haymarket Books, and co-editor of the books, Teaching for Black Lives, Black Lives Matter at School, and Teachers Unions and Social Justice. You can donate to support Jesse's family in making a documentary film about their experience in Mississippi connecting with their enslaved ancestors' history and connect with Jesse on his website, IAmAnEducator.com.

Jesse Hagopian, his father, and his brother in Morgantown, Miss.

Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History

A Black family’s pilgrimage to Mississippi.

Jun 19, 2023 / Jesse Hagopian

We Need Police Out of Our Schools—Now

We Need Police Out of Our Schools—Now We Need Police Out of Our Schools—Now

An interview with Minneapolis student leader Nathanial Genene about the uprising, removing police from public schools, and the need to rethink what school looks like.

Jun 23, 2020 / Q&A / Jesse Hagopian

Jesse Hagopian: ‘I Was Pepper-Sprayed by Seattle Police on MLK Day’

Jesse Hagopian: ‘I Was Pepper-Sprayed by Seattle Police on MLK Day’ Jesse Hagopian: ‘I Was Pepper-Sprayed by Seattle Police on MLK Day’

What do I have to do, so that when my sons recall the sixty-third annual MLK Day celebration, it is about remembering past trials of injustice, rather than endlessly reliving them?...

Feb 2, 2015 / Jesse Hagopian

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