1.5 Billion Children Sent Home From School Due to Pandemic
Universal Issues of Distance Learning As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, 1.5 billion children worldwide, an estimated 90% of school-aged children worldwide are participating in remote-learning....
View ArticleThe E Street-Sopranos-Broadway Tribute to Tony Nominated, Nick Cordero
CLICK HERE to donate to TeachRock.org and support the creation of FREE educational materials. Donate $10 or more and you could receive a guitar signed by Stevie Van Zandt! Maureen Van Zandt – along...
View ArticleTeachRock Teacher, Jamie Warner, Is Named Teacher Of The Year by Orange...
CLICK HERE to donate to TeachRock.org and support the creation of FREE educational materials. Donate $10 or more and you could receive a guitar signed by Stevie Van Zandt! Orange Avenue School (OAS)...
View ArticleTeachRock’s DLP on Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar is a groundbreaking 21st century American rapper. So far, he has won thirteen Grammy awards and six Music Billboard awards. Although he started rapping at the young age of 16, but he...
View ArticleTeachRock Launches Its First Full-District Partnership
Introducing TeachRock’s first ever school district partnership! Starting in the new 2021 school year, TeachRock and the Hopatcong School District have formed a close partnership for the first...
View ArticleTeachRock Playlist: Pride Edition
TeachRock’s weekly Spotify playlist series continues, and this week we are paying tribute to Pride Month! In one of our newest Distance Learning Packs, “Y’all Better Quiet Down”: Black and Latinx...
View ArticleYou May Not Know Who John Harvey Was, But We Do Now, and We Thank Him…
John Arthur Harvey of Leominster, MA tragically passed away last week due to complications from Covid-19. Just one of the 117,000 Americans who have lost their lives in the pandemic. His full life and...
View ArticleCan You Name These Activists?
In TeachRock’s newest DLP, “Y’all Better Quiet Down”, we discuss significant activists in the Gay Liberation Movement. Since the Stonewall Riots, the story and history of the movement has become...
View ArticleTeachRock Celebrates PRIDE
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the first Pride Parade. We’re celebrating with the release of four new Distance Learning Packs that offer ways to teach LGBTQ+ History in History, Civics,...
View ArticleTeachRock Celebrates Juneteenth
“It is true we have the Proclamation of January 1863. It was a vast and glorious step in the right direction. But unhappily, excellent as that paper is—and much as it has accomplished temporarily—it...
View ArticleWatch TeachRock’s First International School Partner Sing “We Are The World”
We are proud to say that The Edvard Much School in Oslo, Norway is TeachRock’s first international partner school. Edvard Munch School is a premiere performing arts school and is well-equipped with...
View ArticleTeachRock Joins Resolution to Make June “African American Music Appreciation...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Monday introduced a resolution honoring the contributions of African Americans to America’s musical heritage. The...
View ArticleRecording Academy Takes Action on New Diversity Initiatives
During this racial and civil rights crisis, Rolling Stone writes an article on how the music industry’s executive level has embarked on a new journey to address racial inequality within the business....
View ArticleReflecting on the School Year
Reflecting on the School Year Another school year has passed – and saying it was a unique one would be an understatement! We at Teachrock continue to be inspired by the teachers across the country who...
View ArticleFrank Caruso’s Exclusively Designed “Solidarity” T Shirts to Benefit...
Click the link below or order a Frank Caruso “Solidarity” shirt now! https://www.bonfire.com/frank-caruso-little-steven-teachrock-design/ HELP TEACHROCK REACH OUR GOAL! Ordering a shirt from the link...
View ArticleForbe’s Interviews Little Stevie
Our beloved Steven Van Zandt has just released a collection of his life’s work with the fitting title Rock and Roll Rebel. The 13-disc expanded edition features all of his solo albums from 1982-1999,...
View ArticleTeachRock on FOX 5 News
See NY FOX 5 News Coverage of TeachRock’s Distance Learning material at work during the Covid shutdown. The post TeachRock on FOX 5 News appeared first on TeachRock.
View ArticleSpectrum News 1- Rock Musician’s Educational Project Aims to Lower Drop-out Rate
There is no denying that Rock music has been instrumental in shaping American culture. Using his fame and platform, E Street Band guitarist, Steven Van Zandt is leading a campaign designed to empower...
View ArticleTeachRock Trace It Back – Engaging Students Through Music
History teacher Ben Wides “traces it back” with a Teachrock.org CNN Soundtracks lesson plan that places Kendrick Lamar at the beginning of an exploration of Civil Rights based social movements from the...
View ArticleSteven Van Zandt’s New Rock-and-Roll High School – The New Yorker
In his TeachRock program, Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” video becomes a text about the slave trade. By John Seabrook May 21, 2018 Wearing his trademark silk head scarf, an exotic blend of Barbary pirate...
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