“Reparations Won” in the Classroom

By Dianne Feely and Linda Loew | February 2, 2022 | Chicago Union Teacher, Features
File under: Laure Bianchi, Reparations Won, William Weaver

In 2015, the Chicago City Council passed an historic Reparations Ordinance, the first in the nation, major element of which is creation of the Reparations Won Curriculum to be taught in Chicago Public Schools. In this article, two CPS teachers discuss how the importance of the curriculum and how they teach it.