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Teaching in Perilous Times

Educators are teaching in perilous times. We face a white supremacist backlash — funded by billionaires — against the 2020 uprising for Black lives, when tens of millions built a multiracial movement against systemic racism.

Right-Wing Campaign to Block Teaching for Social Justice

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

Call on NAIS to Correct the Record and Stand Against Hate

Call on NAIS to immediately correct the record and issue an apology to Dr. Suzanne Barakat and Prof. Ruha Benjamin.

Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000+ Books on African Americans During WWII

Thanks to a generous collaboration with Dartmouth College historian Matthew Delmont, the Zinn Education Project offered 14,000+ copies of Delmont's book to public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators, who shared a plan for using the text.

Martin Luther King Jr.: Beyond “I Have a Dream”

Resources about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., beyond the traditional narrative.

Pledge to Teach the Truth

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

The Healing of Organized Remembering: The Struggle to Teach Truth

Educator Jesse Hagopian discussed his book, Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Beyond Wildfires: 13th Amendment and Incarcerated Labor

In teaching about the wildfires in Los Angeles, include the role of incarcerated labor.

Book Bans Threaten Public Education

Not only are books being banned, but also the right to teach about racism and LGBTQI identity — essentially placing thousands more titles off limits. The official lists of banned books are a drop in the bucket.

Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

At Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change we are outraged by the ongoing slaughter in Gaza, and the rising death toll in the West Bank.

NOT a Natural Disaster

The climate crisis is not in some distant future. It is being felt around the world with heatwaves, floods, and most dramatically with the wildfires in Los Angeles. Our hearts go out to the residents, who face the tragic loss of lives, homes, schools, and entire communities.

People’s History at AHA in New York

The Zinn Education Project co-hosted a booth at the American Historical Association annual meeting in New York from January 4–6, 2025.

Teach Truth Messaging for Social Media and Signs

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.

Teach Banned Books Buttons

Wear your support for teaching banned books and history.

Your Vote Defends Teaching People’s History

The Zinn Education Project is one of CREDO’s grant recipients for the month of January. This can make a huge difference. How much we receive depends on you. Your vote is critical and takes less than a minute. Cast your vote today.

Teacher Study Groups Provide Courage to Teach Outside the Textbook

As we fight the attacks on teaching and learning, it is critical that educators overcome isolation and ground ourselves in what we are fighting for. Our Teaching for Black Lives educator-led communities of study and reflection, launched in the fall of 2020, help provide that grounding.

Urgent: Help Defend Students Against Disinformation

Teaching truthfully is more important than ever. While the right censors instruction with book bans and anti-CRT laws, we offer lessons to teach truthfully, outside the textbook, on immigration, climate, Palestine, labor solidarity, voting rights, and more.