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OPINION: Our education system is not setting up students for success

The Hechinger Report

Our nation has real problems to solve, and many of the solutions will reside in our emerging youth populations of color; but to tap that potential, our schools need to better reflect their histories, experiences and needs. Providing better civics and history education and job training opportunities to our youth is an essential start.

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Announcing the 2024 Students of History Scholarship Winner

Students of History

We're excited to announce that Toyosi Dada, a graduating senior at Towson High School, has been awarded the 2024 Students of History Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship, which has been awarded each year since 2017, recognizes a college-bound senior who has excelled in history education. ” Ms.

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National Teach Truth Day of Action Press Call Highlights

Zinn Education Project

There were over 4,000 instances of book bans in the first half of this school year, according to PEN America’s April 2024 report, Banned in the USA: Narrating the Crisis. Eleven individuals are driving the overwhelming majority of book challenges according to a Washington Post analysis. Here are highlights from the remarks.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Without a doubt we would be living on Pinterest since it has dozens of pinboards – and tens of thousands of pins – related to history , including awesome resource sets from the Stanford History Education Group. million book images from the Internet Archive. . National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3

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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. Books by Black, Indigenous, authors of color, LGBTQ+, and Palestinian American writers are increasingly being banned. Students as Historians.

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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. Attend meetings, vote, run for office. Sign up today.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

History I classes, I had them complete the Zinn Education Project activity “ How We Remember.” I had read Clint Smith’s book last year and was blown away by how the history is handled at many of the highlighted locations and his extreme attention to detail.

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