Black Lives Matter at School
An Uprising for Educational Justice

This book wasn’t what I first expected. It largely is a collection of writings, interviews, and other artifacts from activist educators and students who are working to promote the Black Lives Matter at School agenda. I was inspired by the tireless work each of the contributors to this book displayed......more

I am not involved in K-12 education, and much of what they do has always seemed very specialized. However, while this book is largely aimed at educators and administrators, it's accessible to a general audience, and has a lot of helpful material that could be used for wider anti-racist work. This in......more

This book was great in telling what materials educators covered as part of their “program”. I absolutely love that they found ways to make it accessible to young children as well. The book was repetitive, though and not structured in a way I was expecting. I enjoyed reading the interviews from stude......more

I expected this to be a book advocating how Black lives have been disenfranchised in American schools rather than a compilation of essays on the Black Lives Matter at School movement. Consequently, there is more repetition present in this volume than I anticipated. Nonetheless, this book's call to a......more

I really wanted to like this book more than I did. I've been super excited to read it ever since it came out. I think the main problem is that its target audience is very narrow. If you are progressively minded and totally on board with BLM, as I am, and experienced with teaching in high-need, urban......more