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.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

government, and only 29 percent said they had a teacher whose primary responsibility is teaching civics. As a country, we have not invested enough in teaching the very fundamental knowledge, skills and dispositions young people need to be informed and engaged participants in our bold experiment in self-government.

Civics 128

Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 128

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

This year, from Seattle, Washington, to Miami, Florida, and many towns and cities in between, educators will host more than 170 grassroots events on Saturday, June 8 and throughout the month. Here are highlights from the remarks. Why should we all be alarmed?

Teaching 86

Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

First, strengthen history curricula at the state level, which — for better or for worse — is where the authority rests to control curriculum. We know that, with the right leadership, states can get high-quality, well-sequenced textbooks and other curriculum materials adopted in their public schools. citizenship exam.

American History 99

American History History Teaching Civics 99

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Too often the school curriculum in the United States has told young people — explicitly and implicitly — that some lives matter more than others. We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” government. Both the U.S.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It would either create “the blueprint” for outside political interests to enact a complete takeover of local public schools, he said, or “the blueprint for how to stand up to it.” All of this reached a boiling point last April, when Pennridge hired a brand-new consultancy firm called Vermilion Education.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

Public schools must teach students about democratic struggles over suffrage and civil rights and the nation’s history of white supremacy. At the same time, researchers have said that it can be hard to discern which parts of schooling shape people’s political identity, because schools are such complicated places.

Teaching 139

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 139