Although the coronavirus’s threat to the safety of our schools is dire, there is another threat that should not be ignored. Right wing politicians and media outlets are attacking educators’ most basic responsibility — to teach young people accurately and truthfully.

Background reading and actions in response to Republican anti-history education laws.

Teachers and allies across the country pledged teach the truth during the August 27 to 29 Days of Action.

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.

Join us on Monday, September 13, 2021 as co-authors Jeff Chang and Dave “Davey D” Cook join Jesse Hagopian in dialogue for the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history class to discuss their new young adult edition of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Hip-Hop History.

How to participate in the August 27-29, 2021 Pledge to #TeachTruth Days of Action.

On November 8, 2021, author Dave Zirin — the people’s sports writer—will join educator Jesse Hagopian in dialogue for the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history class to discuss his new book, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World.

Thousands of teachers from across the United States have signed a pledge not to lie to their students.

Sociologist, author, and educator James W. Loewen died on August 19, 2021 at the age of 79.

The August Pledge to Teach Truth Days of Action are at historic sites across the United States.

We invite you to use the power of your voice to protect teachers and ensure that our children learn the truth about history so that they can shape a more just future.

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."

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.

We, the undersigned educators, refuse to lie to young people about U.S. history and current events.

We offer this #TeachTruthSyllabus as a gesture of defiance and education. The Right would be happy to keep the conversation at the level of obfuscation, divorced from reality and history. We, on the other hand, want to talk about the truth — the truth about our past and present, the truth about our classrooms and curricula.

On Thursday, July 22, teachers, parents, and community members gathered at about two dozen historic sites throughout Westchester County to pledge to #TeachTruth.

Thanks to a donation, the Zinn Education Project is offering 14 sets of five copies of the book to teachers with a plan for using and promoting the young readers' edition of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.

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. 

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.

The Zinn Education Project is excited to announce that 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.

Teachers are invited to make public their pledge to #TeachTruth at historic sites throughout the summer and during the August 27 - 29 Days of Action.

Student testimony at a school board meeting in Wisconsin.

Open letter from Civil Rights Movement veterans in support of teachers who pledge to teach the truth despite the new wave of teacher-intimidation and thought-suppression laws.

The Zinn Education Project has produced a series of lessons and a collection of discussion questions for How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith to help teachers introduce the central role of slavery in U.S. history classes across the country.

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.