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In Virginia, a battle over history standards ends in compromise

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Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. Then came the anti-CRT movement Andy Rotherham, who was appointed to the state board of education in 2022 by Youngkin, said the outcome of the social studies debate shows that people can get past politics to a good result.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. Below are some ideas from the events in 2021 ( June and August ), 2022 , and 2023. events in 2021 and 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse, 2022. Walking tours.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills. The educator-led events received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement. events in 2021 , 2022 , and 2023.

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One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

The Hechinger Report

As of early 2022, it had the highest number of January 6 arrestees of any locality, according to local media. Related: Inside Florida’s ‘underground lab’ for far-right education policies By November, when a slate of Republican school board candidates who’d campaigned against DEI was elected , the changes started to come hard and fast.