Disadvantaged children are given a chance for a brighter future when they are treated fairly within our education systems. The way that we can enact social justice in the classroom and beyond is by empowering children. When kids feel empowered, and develop their own perspectives, ideas and voices, they become better able to act and speak out against inequity and injustice more broadly. There is an abundance of compelling empirical evidence for the benefits of teaching to empower children, from the learning sciences. The purpose of this presentation is to curate and make this evidence accessible, and also to provide creative, exciting ways for teachers to implement and support deep, authentic and transformative learning on the ground. I will provide hands-on suggestions for empowering children as a pathway toward deep, transformative learning and greater equity and social justice in our society.