Happy National Poetry Month! To celebrate, we are showcasing some of our favorite poets featured in TeachRock lessons: Amanda Goreman The daughter of a 6th grade English teacher in Los Angeles, Amanda Goreman always had a passion for reading and writing. By her early 20s, she had already authored two collections of poetry, The One for Whom Food Is Not …
New Lesson Alert! TeachRock is thrilled to publish our next lesson from an ongoing new collection focusing on the music of the Civil Rights Era. “Student Activism and Music During the Civil Rights Movement” examines the powerful role student activists played in fighting for equality in public schools and in other public spaces, including the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic Brown …
Freeport music teacher Stephanie Arnell wanted her students to learn about farmworker rights activist Dolores Huerta, so she played two songs associated with her life to the sixth-graders. For a lesson on the Jim Crow South, she turned to The Beatles and their refusal to perform before a segregated audience in Florida. Her classroom at Caroline G. Atkinson school is …
TeachRock’s newest Partner School, Red Bank Middle School in Chattanooga, TN has shared an exciting update on the impact of TeachRock’s new Social Emotional Learning Mini Lessons. Red Bank Principal, Dr. Ginger Frady, reports that this TeachRock content has been transformative for her campus. Our TeachRock Lessons are delivered to Students at Red Bank during their 12 minute homeroom period. …
In 2017, the state of Wisconsin enacted a new Civics requirement: All students must pass the U.S. Citizenship Exam to receive their high school diploma. Passing the 100 question test has become an obstacle to graduation for many students. So teachers and key leaders at Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) hatched a plan–use TeachRock resources to make Civics engaging and help …
Connecticut is turning to music in an effort to get kids more interested in school and help combat the learning loss suffered during the pandemic. Governor Ned Lamont and state education officials announced Tuesday that Connecticut’s public schools will be integrating a curriculum called TeachRock, the brainchild of Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Steven Van Zandt and his nonprofit …
DECEMBER 9, 2020 11:25AM ET On December 21st, Van Zandt and TeachRock will present Stand With Teachers, an hour-long event featuring performances by Eddie Vedder and Margo Price. Others slated to appear include Steven’s wife Maureen Van Zandt plus their Sopranos colleagues Steve Buscemi and Vincent Pastore, along with Whoopi Goldberg, Melle Mel of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Tom Morello, Edward Norton, …
PJ Vegas is a singer, rapper, songwriter and producer from Los Angeles, CA and of Yoeme (Yaqui) heritage. He won a 2017 MTV VMA award for Best Video with a Message and was awarded a 2018 Native American Music Award for Best Independent Single. His father Pat Vegas is the bassist, guitarist and vocalist of Redbone, whose 1974 hit “Come …
Aug 2, 2020 …So when the aptly named rock and roll rebel speaks everyone should listen with an open mind and pay close attention. Steve Baltin: What was the last show you saw before things shut down? Steve Van Zandt: I was in L.A. right before things shut down visiting a partner school for our history curriculum, Orangethorpe. One of …
New York Edge partners with Steven Van Zandt’s Rock and Roll Forever Foundation to provide NYC students with enrichment programming amid Coronavirus school closures New York, NY – April 2, 2020 – New York City public school students from New York Edge – the largest provider of afterschool programming in the City – will now have access to free afterschool …
