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Teaching When the World Is on Fire: Authentic Classroom Advice, from Climate Justice to Black Lives Matter Paperback – April 6, 2021

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A timely collection of advice and strategies for creating a just classroom from educators across the country, handpicked by MacArthur “genius” and bestselling author Lisa Delpit

"A favorite education book of the year." —Greater Good magazine

Is it okay to discuss politics in class? What are constructive ways to help young people process the daily news coverage of sexual assault? How can educators engage students around Black Lives Matter? Climate change? Confederate statue controversies? Immigration? Hate speech?

In Teaching When the World Is on Fire, Delpit turns to a host of crucial issues facing teachers in these tumultuous times. Delpit's master-teacher wisdom tees up guidance from beloved, well-known educators along with insight from dynamic principals and classroom teachers tackling difficult topics in K–12 schools every day.

This cutting-edge collection brings together essential observations on safety from Pedro Noguera and Carla Shalaby; incisive ideas on traversing politics from William Ayers and Mica Pollock; Christopher Emdin's instructive views on respecting and connecting with black and brown students; Hazel Edwards's crucial insight about safe spaces for transgender and gender-nonconforming students; and James W. Loewen's sage suggestions about exploring symbols of the South; as well as timely thoughts from Bill Bigelow on teaching the climate crisis—and on the students and teachers fighting for environmental justice.

Teachers everywhere will benefit from what Publishers Weekly called "an urgent and earnest collection [that] will resonate with educators looking to teach 'young people to engage across perspectives' as a means to 'creating a just and caring world.'"

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Praise for Teaching When the World Is on Fire:
Named one of "Our Favorite Books for Educators in 2019" by Greater Good Magazine

“The perfect blueprint. We can’t change this world or put out these fires unless we engage and activate the minds and hearts of ourselves and our students. That process starts in these pages. ”
—Ms. magazine

“The stories from teachers’ classrooms, their efforts, creativity and insight, and their students’ resistance and activism . . . moved me [and] will inspire teachers to help students take action.”
—Radical Teacher

“An honest and rich collection.”
—Zinn Education Project

“Insightful and thought- provoking . . . just what you need to remember that change is possible and within our reach.”
—Pedro Noguera

About the Author

MacArthur Award winner Lisa Delpit is the Felton G. Clark Professor of Education at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The author of Other People's Children and "Multiplication Is for White People", the editor of Teaching When the World Is on Fire, and the co-editor (with Joanne Kilgour Dowdy) of The Skin That We Speak (all published by The New Press), she lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The New Press (April 6, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 162097665X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1620976654
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
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MacArthur “genius” award winner Lisa Delpit’s article on “Other People’s Children” for Harvard Magazine in the 1990s was the single most requested reprint in the magazine’s history; Harvard School of Education gave her its award for Outstanding Contribution to Education. She is now the Felton G. Clark Professor of Education at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she lives.

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Ladd
5.0 out of 5 stars Super Relevant
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2020
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This book is so poignant and relevant. Even though it was written before covid and the current BLM protests, so much of it is directly applicable to how we as teachers can respond to injustice.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for today's educators
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2019
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An excellent collection of writings about teaching today. The writings are grouped by topic and confront today's toughest issues. The footnotes are a valuable resource for further reading and research.
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Valerie J. Saturen
4.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful Contributions to a Tough Conversation
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2020
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I teach writing and literature to freshmen in a college where the majority of the student body has experienced a great deal of trauma and hardship. My students are insightful and aware, but they also frequently express anxiety and a sense of powerlessness about the troubling events in the world around them. One of the most challenging and, I think, important questions I've faced as an educator is how to address these tough topics in the most constructive, open, and inclusive manner possible. Although I've been given much pedagogical training in my discipline, I feel I still have much to learn about handling these sensitive subjects as they come up, particularly since they impact my students in a direct and personal way.

I dove into "Teaching When the World Is on Fire" hoping that it would offer practical advice and teaching strategies. The book is not so much of a "how-to," though, and I suppose this makes sense, considering there are no simple "right answers" about how to approach this complex subject matter. Instead, the book offers a wide variety of essays on a range of subjects by teachers in various grades and educational settings. Although I teach college rather than K-12, I still found much of the content relevant and applicable to my own teaching.

Topics include things like hate speech, school safety in an age of mass shootings and police presence in schools, race, gender and sexual harassment, and climate change. With essays like "Teaching Politics in the Age of Trump," some readers may find the book biased toward a liberal ideology, and it does have that clear leaning, but I think it provides important perspectives to help understand the ways that many students are affected by the current political climate. I'll never forget, the day after the 2016 election, coming to class and finding students in tears; many wrote in their journals that they felt silenced or fearful as students of color, young women, religious minorities, immigrants, LGBT students, and/or students with disabilities. This book won't tell you how to respond in such a situation, but it will remind you you're not alone and will give you a chance to reflect on how other teachers have approached tough conversations and situations.

In these other teachers' approaches, you will indeed also find some concrete advice. One of my favorite essays in the book was T. Elijah Hawkes' "School Justice: Teaching Politically Fraught Topics." Hawkes' essay addresses the paradox many educators feel between a curriculum that prizes social justice and equality vs. a school system that can (generally inadvertently, I think) perpetuate disparity and inequality. This is certainly something I and my colleagues struggle with at my very diverse university. Here again, there are of course no easy answers, but Hawkes does list - with detailed discussion and personal examples - a number of approaches that can help promote trust, mutual respect, and empowerment in the classroom.

I still would have liked more hands-on teaching strategies, especially as a relatively new teacher, but I really appreciated the variety of perspectives and experiences this collection had to offer. I would recommend it as a part of any educator's bookshelf.
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Pk Shiu
5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult book to read because it covers very important topics
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2019
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This is a difficult book to read, in the best sense of the word. The book is a collection of essays from teachers and scholars in the education and related fields edited by Lisa Delpit, the author of Other People’s Children. The essays covers topics on politics, Safety, Race, Gender, Climate and Culture. It ends with an appendix of books on immigration for younger readers. While the overall stance of the materials are certainly on one side of today’s politics, I hope that people from any sides will read this collection. You do not have to agree to the content, but you should be aware of these important matters. Ignoring these topics in Education, or providing a one sided view on these topics in school, is not a good thing — they authors argue.

The book also has a lot of practical ideas for teachers and administrators to involve students and the community in these discussions without bias, and who can argue that is not a good thing!
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Laura0806
5.0 out of 5 stars The best gift for any teacher. Gave this to my sister who teaches abroad.
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2020
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My sister left the US to teach in Finland, who has the best educational system in the world. I gave this book to her for Christmas, and she already finished it as she couldn't put it down. She loved all of the topics covered, and how to incorporate what's happening in the world in her day to day lesson plans to keep her students aware and in the know about global events. Highly recommend to anybody in the field of education--this book hits the nail on the head.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Timely Practical Examples of Activities for Teachers
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2020
Very readable for teachers and everyone else.
Many examples of activities and techniques teachers are using to allow students to make sense of and impact society
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RenJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Teaching when the world is on Fire is A must read!
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2019
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Lisa Delpit does it again. Her words are inspiring, intellectual, literal & real! A must read for all educators & parents.
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Timothy Haugh
3.0 out of 5 stars Topics Teachers Ignore at Their Peril
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2022
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This book is a collection of short essays on various topics that, while not directly connected with teaching content in the classroom, have become important to the lives and careers of twenty-first century teachers: politics, safety, race, gender, sex, climate, and culture.

As with any book that is a collection of different writers, this one varies in quality and interest. For me, as a high school teacher, I found too much of this to be more directed towards teachers of younger students, a problem I find with many books on teaching. On the other hand, I found “Climate Science Meets a Stubborn Obstacle: Students” by Amy Harmon to be a standout and I also enjoyed “Teaching Politics in the Age of Trump” by Justin Christensen.

The world of teaching is very different than the one in which started in the field 30 years ago. It always behooves us to keep up with current teaching trends, but teaching is about more than academics now, and these are topics that we now ignore to detriment of life and career.
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