Jesse Hagopian teaches history and is the Black Student Union adviser at Garfield High School, the site of the historic boycott of the MAP test in 2013. Jesse is an associate editor of the acclaimed Rethinking Schools magazine, is a founding member of Social Equality Educators (SEE), was recipient of the 2012 Abe Keller Foundation award for “excellence and innovation in peace education,” and a 2013 Secondary Teacher of Year nominee by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences. Jesse is an author, activist, and a regularly requested public speaker on educaiton, race, and social movments at community forums, panel discussions, rallies, debates, public hearings, and on college campuses.

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