Vanessa D’Egidio on Teaching for Social Justice in Primary School Classrooms « Feminist Teacher

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Vanessa D’Egidio on Teaching for Social Justice in Primary School Classrooms

by feministteacher

Vanessa D’Egidio teaches for social justice in primary school classrooms (photo courtesy: Vanessa D’Egidio).

The following guest blog is the first in a three-part series on teaching for social justice featuring educators in primary, middle, and high school classrooms.
Vanessa D’Egidio is currently a second grade teacher in New York City. As a graduate of both Barnard College’s Childhood Education Program and the Curriculum and Teaching Master’s Program at Teachers College, Vanessa brings to the classroom a passion for teaching for social justice. Vanessa has gained a diverse wealth of experiences studying and working in Hong Kong,  Italy, and New York and is a member of the Teaching Tolerance advisory board.
“Children, not yet aware that it is dangerous to look too deeply at anything, look at everything, look at each