CRITICAL PEDAGOGY FROM LOUISIANA
Humanities Amped is an innovative curricular program at McKinley Senior High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is a collection of English Language Arts, Social Studies, and elective classes based in critical participatory action research and culturally sustaining pedagogies.
Mission
Humanities Amped works with students, teachers, and communities to transform public schools into collaborative learning spaces that generate grassroots action toward social justice. Through core and elective courses, restorative practices, critical participatory action research, and public engagement, we catalyze the critical potential of civics, literature, history, communication studies, and the arts.
Vision
We envision public schools as intergenerational spaces for critical inquiry and concrete action in collaboration with local communities. Young people’s agency, well-being, and democratic participation drive the educational process. In such spaces, learning is pleasurable, generative, and rooted in relationships.
Mission
Humanities Amped works with students, teachers, and communities to transform public schools into collaborative learning spaces that generate grassroots action toward social justice. Through core and elective courses, restorative practices, critical participatory action research, and public engagement, we catalyze the critical potential of civics, literature, history, communication studies, and the arts.
Vision
We envision public schools as intergenerational spaces for critical inquiry and concrete action in collaboration with local communities. Young people’s agency, well-being, and democratic participation drive the educational process. In such spaces, learning is pleasurable, generative, and rooted in relationships.
2019 - 5th ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
2018 - 4th ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
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Our yearly conferences are a celebration of the intellectual, creative, and civic contributions of youth. This year 175 students from the Humanities Amped program at McKinley Senior High School along with 30 students from Glen Oaks High School and Westdale Middle School will present the work they have done over this school year to engage their peers and communities in critical research and social action. The conference program can be found below: 
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