I normally wouldn’t do this — insert myself into TSJ, [briefly] making it seem more like a personal blog instead of a professional one — however, I have a message for my audience, and I want it coming from me and not some absent, faraway being: Teaching Social Justice is getting an upgrade.

When I started this blog, I did so with the intention of helping others as well as myself stay on top of appropriate teaching materials and practices for a social justice-minded classroom. I wanted to include posts relevant to those in education as well as those interested in social justice issues. However, as blogs often do, TSJ took on a mind of its own, branching out into social and political issues relevant not only to our classrooms, but also to much more.

Because of TSJ’s content diversity, I have an incredibly diverse audience. You all have astounded me and I am very thankful for your encouragement over the last nine months. Your comments, tweets, emails, and/or suggestions have been incredibly helpful. This humble blog has already blown up far past my expectations. Therefore, I have decided to upgrade it in order to keep up with all of you. Not only will I be working on a new layout for the site (this will take a while to complete), but I have even better news.

Over the last two (or so) months, I have been working with teachers and researchers in the fields of young adult education, content literacy, children’s literature, and much more in order to schedule my first set of TSJ contributors. I am so excited to share this news with you, as we have some incredible voices joining our team. The first contributing post will appear tomorrow, so get ready — Teaching Social Justice is getting an upgrade.

Thank you,

Jennifer J. Whitley
Teaching Social Justice
teachsocialjustice@gmail.com
@socialjusticeED (Twitter)

NOTE: If you would like to appear as a contributor, please contact me. The more people we have speaking out about social justice issues, the better.