MacArthur Award winner Lisa Delpit is the retired Felton G. Clark Professor of Education at Southern University. The author of the bestselling Other People’s Children and “Multiplication Is for White People,” co-editor (with Joanne Kilgour Dowdy) of The Skin That We Speak, co-editor (with Theresa Perry) of The Real Ebonics Debate, editor of Teaching When the World Is on Fire, and co-author (with Christopher Emdin) of The Sacred Art of Teaching (all published by The New Press), she lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Praise for Teaching When the World Is on Fire:Named one of "Our Favorite Books for Educators in 2019" by Greater Good Magazine“The perfect blueprint. We can’t change this world or put out these fires unless we engage and activate the minds and hearts of ourselves and our students. That process starts in these pages. ”—Ms. magazine“The stories from teachers’ classrooms, their efforts, creativity and insight, and their students’ resistance and activism . . . moved me [and] will inspire teachers to help students take action.”—Radical Teacher “An honest and rich collection.”—Zinn Education Project“Insightful and thought- provoking . . . just what you need to remember that change is possible and within our reach.”—Pedro Noguera

MacArthur Award winner Lisa Delpit is the retired Felton G. Clark Professor of Education at Southern University. The author of the bestselling Other People’s Children and “Multiplication Is for White People,” co-editor (with Joanne Kilgour Dowdy) of The Skin That We Speak, co-editor (with Theresa Perry) of The Real Ebonics Debate, editor of Teaching When the World Is on Fire, and co-author (with Christopher Emdin) of The Sacred Art of Teaching (all published by The New Press), she lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Praise for Teaching When the World Is on Fire:Named one of "Our Favorite Books for Educators in 2019" by Greater Good Magazine“The perfect blueprint. We can’t change this world or put out these fires unless we engage and activate the minds and hearts of ourselves and our students. That process starts in these pages. ”—Ms. magazine“The stories from teachers’ classrooms, their efforts, creativity and insight, and their students’ resistance and activism . . . moved me [and] will inspire teachers to help students take action.”—Radical Teacher “An honest and rich collection.”—Zinn Education Project“Insightful and thought- provoking . . . just what you need to remember that change is possible and within our reach.”—Pedro Noguera

MacArthur Award winner Lisa Delpit is the retired Felton G. Clark Professor of Education at Southern University. The author of the bestselling Other People’s Children and “Multiplication Is for White People,” co-editor (with Joanne Kilgour Dowdy) of The Skin That We Speak, co-editor (with Theresa Perry) of The Real Ebonics Debate, editor of Teaching When the World Is on Fire, and co-author (with Christopher Emdin) of The Sacred Art of Teaching (all published by The New Press), she lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Praise for Teaching When the World Is on Fire:Named one of "Our Favorite Books for Educators in 2019" by Greater Good Magazine“The perfect blueprint. We can’t change this world or put out these fires unless we engage and activate the minds and hearts of ourselves and our students. That process starts in these pages. ”—Ms. magazine“The stories from teachers’ classrooms, their efforts, creativity and insight, and their students’ resistance and activism . . . moved me [and] will inspire teachers to help students take action.”—Radical Teacher “An honest and rich collection.”—Zinn Education Project“Insightful and thought- provoking . . . just what you need to remember that change is possible and within our reach.”—Pedro Noguera