This summer, Republicans are continuing their campaign of curricular gag rules across the nation and whipping up attacks on teachers and the truth.
We call on educators and allies to continue to shift the focus to the actual history of the United States that the Right is so scared to let young people learn.
On June 12th, educators in more than 20 states across the country participated in a Day of Action, co-sponsored by the Zinn Education Project and Black Lives Matter at School. The actions were held at historic sites — from Anchorage, Alaska to Yarmouth, Maine, from Belton, Texas to Waterloo, Iowa — to emphasize the critical stories of the United States that would be off-limits in U.S. classrooms under the current wave of anti-education legislation.
Read more about the creative actions of educators across the country who turned June 12th into a festival of community, history, learning, and resistance.
