Zinn Education Project

AUGUST 2, 2024

On Monday, September 16, 2024 , historian Kellie Carter Jackson will discuss We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance with Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian and Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones. Kellie Carter Jackson is fearless. We Refuse is proof.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2012

Tusa of the Social Studies Department guest lectured on the history of racism in America in Mrs. DePoto’s AP Language and Composition class. Technology can also greatly assist educators in bringing in a variety of experts from all over the world in virtually every field.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law. Is that right?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. I started learning about the diaspora through books and archives when I attended a historically Black university (HBCU) for graduate school. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images. Given that teachers are charged with imparting the contributions of women to their students throughout Women’s History Month, a special place should be reserved during March for the women teachers who go unrecognized. The lack of credit shows up in lower pay.

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NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! What’s the name of that young lady who did a history project about Dickson Mounds? These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2024

It’s among a fast-growing number of closed colleges in rural America, stripping communities of nearby higher education options to which young people can aspire and eventually go. Only four employees still work at the college, running a nonprofit that is helping rural students continue their educations. The college has now closed.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

history has resulted in persistent unequal access to opportunity. Many leaders in education have similarly called for action to address the biases of those working in schools across the country. What is clear from our work is that educators in all contexts need to reckon with the biases they bring into the classroom.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. Washington University in St. My class would be in YouTube heaven.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2019

Her plan is to open an educational center on desegregation within her former school. Board of Education, which declared school segregation unconstitutional. The story’s breadth is rarely explained, said Tate, who wants visitors to McDonogh 19 to learn the history, within the very space where history was made. “I

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 7, 2025

4 Arab American Scientists to Know Apr 07, 2025 By Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER April is Arab American Heritage Month, a time to recognize the impactful contributions and achievements of Arab Americans in history. He received an extensive education in New Orleans through the 1930s and earned a master’s degree and an MD.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 30, 2024

Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers who fought not just for voting rights, but for Black Power in Lowndes County, Alabama.

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Zinn Education Project

JULY 24, 2024

Jarvis Givens is a professor of education and faculty affiliate in the department of African & African American studies at Harvard University. Jarvis Givens is a professor of education and faculty affiliate in the department of African & African American studies at Harvard University. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching.

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Zinn Education Project

AUGUST 20, 2024

Now they’re gerrymandering our history to undermine our ability to link our present to the past. Many of the laws about education and voting rights are made by local and state officials. Students share thoughts on what makes a “qualified” voter, then reconsider after reading an oral history by Fannie Lou Hamer.

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Facing Today

JUNE 3, 2022

Pride Month each June offers educators a reminder to center the histories and experiences of LGBTQIA+ people throughout the year. But knowing which resources may offer compelling points of entry for students is a more challenging matter.

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ASHP CML

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Today, we will discuss their fight for New Jersey’s first inclusive education law. Hosted by veteran educator, Rachel Pitkin, we take a deep dive into what an inclusive education looks like and the efforts utilized by Lori and Kate to make this law a reality. Make sure you follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter!

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

And it’s been frequently used by education lobbyists and advocates to demand more money for schools at state legislatures and in Congress for decades. The History of the Nationally Recommended Student-to-Counselor Ratio,” when I was writing another story on the growth in school counselors.

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NCHE

MAY 1, 2023

Since 2017, NCHE has offered professional learning colloquia that focus on “Technology’s Impact in American History (TIAH).” Francis has spent years translating Spanish records and uploading them to a remarkable website entitled La Florida: The Interactive Digital Archive of the Americas.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2025

With declining birth rates and growing skepticism about the value of a degree, higher education is facing an enrollment cliff, set to hit hard in 2026. In this season, we’re standing on the precipice of the demographic cliff and exploring the changing higher education landscape. Kirk] Some quick history. Bill of Rights.

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NCHE

MARCH 7, 2023

It seems appropriate to recognize women who were teachers at a challenging time in our history. Despite this, the desire for education by the southern black populace meant that many dedicated teachers remained at their posts even after the Freedmen’s Bureau dissolved to ensure the growth of education in the south. Eveleth to E.

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Civics for All of US

MAY 12, 2023

The Bill of Rights Workshop for Secondary Educators Katie Munn Fri, 05/12/2023 - 08:50 Body Participants in this online workshop will study the history of the Bill of Rights by analyzing primary sources. Registration is free, and the program will be held via Zoom.

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Women's History Network

OCTOBER 7, 2024

During my PhD research on the role of professional archaeologists on BBC radio, one of the first files I accessed from the BBC Written Archives at Caversham was that of archaeologist Dina Dobson.

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 20, 2024

Ultimately, the perspective of Bob Moses — a Harvard-educated math teacher and organizer from Harlem (and the man most identified with Freedom Summer’s field operation) won out. Volunteers who came to Mississippi after the initial June wave often assisted the ongoing civic and practical education taking place in “Freedom Schools.”

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ASHP CML

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This summer thirty middle and high school teachers from throughout the United States joined the ASHP/CML for a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded Summer Institute on LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States. The institute introduced the rich body of recent scholarship covering the span of U.S.

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Political Science Now

JULY 24, 2024

Dr. Shogan is currently the 11 th Archivist of the United States (and first political scientist to hold this office); a position in which she directs the National Archives and Records Administration. In referring to the National Archives, she said, “We are an essential building block of democracy.

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ASHP CML

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Welcome Rachel Pitkin Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 13:13 Rachel Pitkin is a first-year PhD student in History at the GC. Her current research interests include public and urban history, and history of women and gender in the twentieth century United States.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

While the measure wouldn’t guarantee that every child in the state gets a week at outdoor school, a summer-camp like experience with a focus on science and social emotional skill building, it would make such an offer possible for every interested school district, as was first reported by The Hechinger Report in this story from our archives.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Derrick Fields, 9, works on his assignment during a Spanish-language history lesson at Sherman Elementary School in San Diego, California. A non-partisan voter poll released on Friday found that 68 percent of California voters plan to vote yes on that state’s Proposition 58, known as the Multilingual Education Act.

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Anthropology News

JULY 27, 2024

Following elementary and high school education in Sioux Falls, he moved to Los Angeles near relatives, and took a summer job at North American Aviation (NAA). One of his classmates was Carrie Chu, who was from Hong Kong and was studying anthropology and Southeast Asian history. 1934-2024 Donald E.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

But it’s among the ways critics warn some well-meaning reforms designed to solve the many challenges in higher education are threatening to water down its quality or benefiting students who don’t need help. secretary of education who is among those raising caution flags. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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ASHP CML

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Rachel Pitkin is a first-year PhD student in History at the GC. Her current research interests include public and urban history, and history of women and gender in the twentieth century United States. Rachel comes to the GC with a background in education, and in teaching history/social studies.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 1, 2024

Woodson Institute, the Social Science Research Council, and the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. The post Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation appeared first on Zinn Education Project. On Monday, April 8, Julius B. Fleming Jr.

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today. Since its ratification, the U.S.

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4QM Teaching

APRIL 30, 2023

Sam Wineburg’s SHEG makes it sound as though “document analysis” were the primary purpose of social studies education. Generic accounts of thinking skills often treat document reading and analysis as the bread-and-butter of history teaching and learning. — that’s how we learn history. Plan it out. Story first!

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Political Science Now

JULY 30, 2024

The selection committee was impressed by Owolabi’s skillful use of multiple methodological tools including large-scale statistical analysis and comparative historical analysis based on extensive original archival research across multiple continents.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

How do you study Blackness in a place that denies its local history of anti-Indigenous and anti-Black structural violence? One of the challenges we face as African Norwegians is that our history in the country we have come to call home often is not well known, both within and outside our communities.

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