A three-year project, Witness for Freedom , will introduce secondary social studies and English teachers and librarians to recently published works by Black Abolitionist writers and to help them develop ways to use both new primary and secondary materials in their classrooms. A first draft of a Handbook being prepared for national distribution will be completed in November 1996. In the summer teams of school and college faculty work on developing new college curriculum. This past year, the group focused on assessment issues, this year will focus on working with colleagues. Topics focus on substantive issues and be taught in ways that incorporate recent research on teaching and learning - including time to be reflective about the learning experience.
Projects are long-term.
The Partnership is directed by a Steering Committee made up of school and college faculty and administrators and representatives from the Massachusetts Teachers Association and Massachusetts State Department of Education.