More than 60 teachers and other school staff attended the workshop on organizing issues related to the GOP attacks on teaching history. This was also an opportunity to learn from presenters and meet other organizers from across the country.
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On November 8, 2021, author Dave Zirin joined educator Jesse Hagopian in dialogue for the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history class to discuss his book, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World.
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The UN COP26 climate summit starts this week in Glasgow, Scotland. But our so-called leaders are not leading on the climate emergency and corporate media is not sounding the alarm nor informing the public. Therefore, it is essential that teachers make space in our classrooms to highlight the emergency and help students work for real solutions.
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Don't miss this film! The Neutral Ground, a documentary on the fight over Confederate monuments and the Lost Cause narrative, streams free on POV.org for the month of November.
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Teach Reconstruction campaign adviser Kate Masur joined high school teacher Jessica Rucker on Tuesday, Oct. 5, to speak about the history of the movement for equal rights that courageously battled racist laws and institutions, in the North and South, in the decades before the Civil War.
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The climate crisis is not going away — as fires in the West, hurricanes in the South, and floods in the East make clear. But with each new disaster, there is a new opportunity to convince schools that the time to teach climate justice is now. We cannot do that without your help.
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The Philadelphia City Council approved a resolution "denouncing attacks on efforts to address systemic racism in the United States."
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Teachers and allies across the country pledged teach the truth during the August 27 to 29 Days of Action.
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Here are eight ways to participate in the August 27 to 29 #TeachTruth days of action. In the face of right-wing attacks on the teaching of history and antiracism, we come together to say we will not lie to children and we will teach the truth.
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Jeff Chang and Dave “Davey D” Cook joined Jesse Hagopian in dialogue for the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history class to discuss their young adult edition of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Hip-Hop History.
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How to participate in the August 27-29, 2021 Pledge to #TeachTruth Days of Action.
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Sociologist, author, and educator James W. Loewen died on August 19, 2021 at the age of 79.
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The August Pledge to Teach Truth Days of Action are at historic sites across the United States.
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The August/September issue of The Progressive Magazine features a photo spread of the June 12 Pledge to Teach Truth events across the country and an article by high school teacher, Adam Sanchez, "Outlawing the Truth."
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The newest International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, compiled by hundreds of experts and scientists over the last eight years, was released this week. The deep inequality that is both cause and consequence of the climate emergency is at the heart of our insistence on teaching for climate justice.
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On Thursday, July 22, teachers, parents, and community members gathered at about two dozen historic sites throughout Westchester County to pledge to #TeachTruth.
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We are pleased to welcome two organizers to our Zinn Education Project team to support teachers as they plan for the pledge to Teach Truth Days of Action in late August and beyond.
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Athletes are collaborating to support teachers who have pledged to teach truthfully about U.S. history in the face of initiatives around the country that would prohibit educators from teaching forthrightly about our country’s history of racial inequality and how this has shaped our society today.
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A generous group of donors has funded another round of Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups, for the 2021-2022 school year. This is a free professional learning opportunity.
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Photos from around the country as teachers and allies rally to #TeachTruth in the face of the GOP bills to ban the teaching of history.
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To raise public awareness about the danger of the state bills that limit the teaching of history, educators will take a public stand at historic sites on Saturday, June 12, 2021.
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Tennessee educators urge Governor Lee to veto a bill that would restrict or punish teachers for teaching the truth about history.
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In this online class, Gerald Lenoir and Jesse Hagopian discussed the history of the anti-Apartheid (SA) movement and how it is relevant to students' lives and the movement for Black lives today.
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Zinn Education Project team member and Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian spoke on CBS News about the increasing number of GOP bills to prohibit the teaching of Black history.
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