Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

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. The Right has declared war on teaching the truth about structural racism and sexism and on LGBTQ+ youth. In Florida, Gov. You can plan other activities.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills. Read about a 4th-grade class s banned books study and share your teaching stories Get involved with the school board. Or plan a history walking tour, book exchange, rally, etc. Learn how at HEAL Together classes.)

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Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

While right-wing legislatures restrict the teaching of Black history, we are pleased to support teachers who work to teach truthfully about U.S. In a class with teachers , Delmont explained the relevance of learning this history. Courtney Bennis High School Social Studies Teacher, Virginia Beach, Virginia A huge “Thank you!”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

An analysis of Mississippi public school textbooks by the Hechinger Report and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting shows that, for at least some grades, all of the state’s 148 school districts rely on textbooks published before the model standards appeared as part of their social studies material. For the study of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

As a pediatric speech-language pathologist, I often find myself in settings where discussing Palestine, or even mentioning my identity as a Palestinian American, presents more challenges than when I worked in the field of human rights and law. These attacks frequently go beyond the curriculum and become personal. Do you mean Israel?”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The history of the Amigos School, a dual-language program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, shows that even seemingly minor changes to admissions processes can significantly shape how a school is perceived — and who applies — tilting preference toward privilege.

Heritage 136

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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 25, 2024

Chicago students organized “peace talks” at high schools across the city in the wake of a walkout protest demanding a ceasefire to the war in Gaza in January 2024. history young people have protested to demand justice in the United States and around the world. Source: Denver Post Through U.S.

Human Rights 144

Human Rights Humanities K-12 History 144

Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

Black youth experiences at a progressive low-fee private school in a postapartheid city illuminate the politics and limits of aspiration. On January 15, two days before the start of the 2024 school year, I joined 50 grade eight students and their guardians for an orientation at Launch, a high school in one of Cape Town’s oldest townships.

Pedagogy 103

Pedagogy Anthropology Geography Private School 103

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Teaching real history will not bring children down based on the color of the skin, but will raise them up and inspire them to stand up and not repeat gruesome patterns.” Lizzie Koschnick, student, North Central High School, Indianapolis. history teacher. “I Koschnick asked. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Teach the facts.

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Library Social Justice History Psychology 113

Zinn Education Project

MAY 31, 2024

Embed from Getty Images In addition to Freedom Schools, the civil rights activists (most in their late teens or early 20s) organized a Freedom Theater ; a Medical Committee for Human Rights ; a legal committee ; a motor fleet ; primary elections; a WATTS communication line; a system of daily check-ins to ensure everyone was safe; and much more.

Human Rights 52

Human Rights History Tradition Humanities 52

Zinn Education Project

MAY 6, 2024

history and to restrict students’ ability to ask questions and think critically. Textbooks and high-stakes testing have also long distorted curricula. This year many teachers and students are being attacked for speaking truthfully about Palestinians’ human rights. Children’s future depends on what they learn today.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Human Rights History 52

ED Surge

JUNE 19, 2023

The nonprofit recognized Mendiola for her work at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, where she created a bilingual broadcast journalism class with a strong focus on news literacy and media ethics. All of the school’s students are bilingual in English and Spanish, and they come from families with limited financial resources.

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Critical Thinking Human Rights History High School 139

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

Christine switched schools, leaving Bridgeton High School in southern New Jersey to begin her sophomore year at Philadelphia’s International Christian High School. At my age I’m supposed to make friends and have a good high school life. It’s, like, really weird,” she said. “At from Jamaica in 2004.

History 103

History Human Rights High School Humanities 103

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2021

“Betsy DeVos has been a total disaster for students’ civil rights for four years as Education Secretary and gets no credit now for resigning 13 days before inauguration,” The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights , the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights coalition, said in a tweet.

Advocacy 137

Advocacy Education Private School Leadership 137

Geogramblings

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For instance, in 2021 for the first time in its 200-year history the UK Census allowed people the option to state their sexual orientation and gender identity. They are fundamentally values of human rights that are shared amongst vast numbers of the world’s population. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Human Rights 40

Human Rights Geography Humanities Controversial Topics 40

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

No doubt, there is a long history of violence in the region — including the Oct. One cannot understand this tragedy without acknowledging its history. Students need to examine how the current crisis is shaped in large part by settler colonial history, and the role played by world powers. context and shared cultural history.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Yet students at Collins Elementary join the increasingly isolated ranks of those legally paddled at school. One is in college and two are in high school in another district. This deference to parental preference is a common response from officials at schools that use corporal punishment.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Public School High School Government 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

In a sports-obsessed country, Americans, particularly young people, admire and emulate black athletes who dominate two of the most revenue-generating professional sports, football and basketball, as well as their own sports teams in high school and college. Individuals can’t take on an administration bereft of moral reasoning.

Teaching 91

Teaching Human Rights Government Humanities 91

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2017

It’s an accident of history that allowed all of these same issues in the United States to emerge in South Africa at such a pitch.”. A much higher 57 percent of American nonwhite high school graduates go to college, though that’s still lower than the 68 percent of whites who do, according to the National Student Clearinghouse.

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Government Economics Education Policy Human Rights 64

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

One of the first images to greet visitors to Taylor High School in Cleves, Ohio, is a mural dedicated to Malala Yousafzai , the Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize recipient, who was shot in the head because she believes girls should be able to go to school. a Washington-based coalition that promotes education as a human right.

Human Rights 127

Human Rights Education Heritage Library 127

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Her face solemn, Kati Preston held up a postcard-sized, black-and-white photograph, moving it slowly to face the 150 high school students spread across the lecture hall in New Hampshire. The rapt assembly of students and teachers at Kingswood Regional High School in Wolfeboro listened in silence.

Teaching 145

Teaching Social Studies High School History 145