The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

Ankita Ajith is one of four college-age friends who are petitioning the Texas State Board of Education to create an antiracist American history curriculum. In July, Ajith and three of her friends testified before the Texas State Board of Education, demanding changes to the way students are taught.

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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.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

On June 4, the Zinn Education Project hosted a Press Call about the 4th Annual National Teach Truth Day of Action. For the past three summers, educators, students, parents, and allies have joined across the country to speak out against politicians attempting to restrict the freedoms of educators and students. With no exceptions.

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Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

Zinn Education Project

MAY 30, 2024

For the past three summers, educators, students, parents, and allies have joined across the country to speak out against politicians attempting to restrict the freedoms of educators and students. Follow the conversation on Twitter: #TeachTruth The post Teach Truth Day of Action Press Call appeared first on Zinn Education Project.

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Teaching Social Justice History Education History 59

NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

But I believe that by allowing students to follow their own curiosity about our local history–whether this means something good or something less flattering–I am allowing them a stake in the future development of our community. In a sense, our audience was not a traditional audience but also community partners themselves.

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Oral History Public History History Museum 100

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

Thanks to a generous collaboration with Dartmouth College historian Matthew Delmont , the Zinn Education Project sent 14,000 copies of Delmont’s book Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad to public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators.

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History Education History Education Social Studies 52

ASHP CML

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The ASHP staff knows that such changes dont emerge overnight; as we look backward and ahead, we remain committed to making our work as history educators help generate greater understanding of the current historical moment. Click here to read the poem.)

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

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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History American History Ancestry Pedagogy 103

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2022

Movies have taught me so much about the history of the United States and the world. It was “ Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ” that educated me on the real-life effects of the military drafts during the Vietnam War. “ Related: What do classroom conversations about race, identity and history really look like?

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History History Education Cultures Public School 100

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

As educators, we would tell our students they could become anything, while simultaneously teaching them in a school building that had no soap in the bathrooms, broken computers and a nurse for half a day, only on Fridays. Tougher for parents, for students and for educators. The inequity in the system was tragic and profound.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Coordinators and Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events It’s time to take action. The situation is urgent. In Florida, Gov. The group can be any size.

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Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics | Map of Sites Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events Join us to defend the freedom to learn. Attend meetings, vote, run for office. Learn how at HEAL Together classes.)

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Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

Zinn Education Project

MAY 6, 2024

In this election year, that is why educators are hosting more than 170 events to challenge the media silence and encourage everyone to defend the freedom to learn. There are events in Albuquerque, Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Charlottesville, Chicago, Cleveland, D.C., Who and Where? Attend meetings, vote, run for office.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites History History Education 52

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

With thousands of teachers using Zinn Education Project lessons each year, we hear amazing stories about the impact these lessons have in the classroom. History students. Paradoxically, teaching people’s history leaves more room for hope than any other educational framework. Here are just a few.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 27, 2024

More than 9,000 teachers signed up to access peoples history lessons in 2024 ,bringing our full registration at the Zinn Education Project to close to 170,000 teachers, with representation from every state. In this perilous time, please donate to defend teachers right to teach peoples history.

History 98

History Library Leadership History Education 98

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

One cannot understand this tragedy without acknowledging its history. While many education groups provide resources for teaching about the crisis as a “conflict” rooted in antisemitism and Islamophobia, that sole emphasis is misleading. As educators, we must help our students make historical explanations for today’s violence.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 22, 2025

One of the best way to engage the community in defending the right to learn history is with a local history walking tour. Along the way, participants learn about history they wish they had learned in school. ” Waterloo, Iowa Retired educator Denny McCabe organized a teach truth walking tour.

History 52

History Teaching Historic Sites Museum 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

What role should our education system play in bringing us back together? A group of more than 300 historians and education experts published their answer — a “ Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy.” This is particularly true for learning our history. Is American history education the problem?

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American History History Teaching Civics 102

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

Teachers ask if education bears responsibility for the rise in political extremism. Many educators were dismayed that so many Americans see that history as heroic and believe violence is acceptable in a constitutional democracy. According to political scientists, historians and educators themselves, it’s complicated. “I

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Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 140

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. Now, a group of prominent academics and educators is pitching what they hope will be a way forward for the field. Education Department.

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