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Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups

Zinn Education Project

They were also in conversation with the local public library about a large Jefferson painting near its entrance. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) Human Rights Committee of 20 members formed a study group that is embedded into their regular monthly meetings.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

In Pasadena, Maryland, organizers invited people to a banned books “photo booth” at a local library. Area Educators for Social Justice has secured the following co-sponsors for this year, in addition to the co-host, the African American Civil War Museum and Memorial. Order yard signs for participants to take home.

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COLUMN: Are book bans stopping a Marxist “revolution” or whitewashing the past?

The Hechinger Report

. “Heather” is once again a lightning rod as debates rage in Indiana over a Republican-backed bill that would allow schools and public libraries to be criminally prosecuted for books and other materials that contain obscenity, violence or pornography.

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Educators: We Must Be Champions for Our Trans Students

ED Surge

Despite our school’s commitment to social justice and our district’s prioritization of equity, there were still staff members who were unwilling to voice public support for all students. In sports, they are often denied the right to participate.

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