April 4, 2017 By Bill Bigelow Last week nearly 700 Arkansas teachers and school librarians received copies of books by Howard Zinn—thanks to a right wing state representative. Well, not exactly. But here’s the story. Recently, Republican Kim Hendren introduced legislation that would prohibit teachers in all public schools or state-supported charter schools from including …
Posted: May 3, 2021 by Allison Acosta
Cast Your Vote to Defend Teaching People’s History
It is more important than ever for students today to learn people’s history — a history that looks honestly at the roots of inequality and shares lessons about how people can organize to make the world a better place. But truth telling in the classroom is under threat by right wing legislators. Education Week recently reported on …
Posted: April 12, 2017 by Allison Acosta
Arkansas’ Howard Zinn Witch-hunt Fizzles
April 4, 2017 By Bill Bigelow Last week nearly 700 Arkansas teachers and school librarians received copies of books by Howard Zinn—thanks to a right wing state representative. Well, not exactly. But here’s the story. Recently, Republican Kim Hendren introduced legislation that would prohibit teachers in all public schools or state-supported charter schools from including …
Posted: March 23, 2017 by Allison Acosta
D.C. Students Stand with Standing Rock
This month, high school U.S. history teacher Bill Stevens taught his students at the SEED Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. about the issues at stake in the historic struggle of the Standing Rock Sioux to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. To introduce this history, he used the “Standing With Standing Rock” …
Posted: December 5, 2016 by Allison Acosta
Fun and Learning at People’s History Trivia Night
On December 2, the Zinn Education Project hosted a packed house for our first-ever People’s History Trivia Night fundraiser. Everyone enjoyed themselves, while learning non-trivial people’s history. The event was co-sponsored by and held at Busboys and Poets (14&V) during the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference. Classroom teachers and other friends of the …
Posted: June 15, 2016 by Allison Acosta
What Happened to the Civil Rights Movement After 1965? Don’t Ask Your Textbook
Here is the latest “If We Knew Our History” article from the Zinn Education Project, a project of Teaching for Change and Rethinking Schools. Please read and share. By Adam Sanchez Fifty years ago this week, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairperson Stokely Carmichael made the famous call for “Black Power.” Carmichael’s speech came in the …
Posted: April 12, 2016 by Allison Acosta
Climate Justice Teacher Workshop in D.C.
While the climate crisis threatens the lives of millions of people around the world, it gets scant mention in textbooks. Even less attention is given to movements fighting for survival and a sustainable future, such as La Via Campesina. More than 30 DC area elementary and high school teachers spent a day of their own …
Posted: February 1, 2016 by Allison Acosta
More Teachers Than Ever Teach People’s History
Here are 2015 highlights and plans for 2016 from our Zinn Education Project. Coordinated by Teaching for Change in collaboration with Rethinking Schools, the Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. The Zinn Education Project registered 11,000 new teachers in 2015. We now …
Posted: July 23, 2008 by Allison Acosta
Zinn Education Project
Teaching for Change and Rethinking Schools collaborate to bring a people’s history to the classroom. The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the use of A People’s History of the United States and other people’s history materials in middle and high school classrooms across the country. The Zinn Education Project is a collaboration between Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change. The …