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Jesse Hagopian

Teacher Activist

Jesse Hagopian teaches Ethnic Studies at Seattle’s Garfield High School.  He is the editor of the book, More Than A Score: The New Uprising Against High Stakes Testing, and co-editor of the book Teaching for Black Lives. Jesse serves as the director of the Black Education Matters Student Activist Award and is on the national steering committee for Black Lives Matter at School.

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When Public Schools Close, Our Communities Suffer

The Missouri GOP supermajority has been defunding our public schools for over a decade, but the last five years have been at breakneck speed.

Houston ISD Hostile State Takeover: Our Fight to Take Back Our Schools

State-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles is taking Houston ISD down the road to perdition and our children are the losers.

HB 1422 Cyber Charter Reform – A Bipartisan Call to Get it Done

Statewide, the reforms included in HB 1422 could save school districts – and taxpayers – more than $400 million.

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