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"Zinn taught me that people make history. I can, too."
----11th-grade student
While students and teachers testify to the positive impact of people's history, the right to learn that history has been under frequent attack for the past few years.
The governor of Indiana, now Purdue University president, Mitch Daniels, tried to have Zinn's work removed from classrooms. Daniels wrote his education lieutenants: "Can someone assure me that is not in use anywhere in Indiana? If it is, how do we get rid of it before more young people are force-fed a totally false version of our history?"
A People's History and refused to publish a response.
In each case, the Zinn Education Project has been at the forefront of responding to the attacks. We have played a leading role in making these stories public and defending the rights of teachers and students to teach and learn. 
We need your support to continue to defend students and teachers in their fight for academic freedom.
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"Under today's circumstances, one contribution
is not enough, so here's another. Thank you
Zinn Education Project for keeping our history
from being smudged out--now more than ever."
----Kipp Dawson, middle school teacher
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 Upcoming Howard Zinn Read-Ins
The events will also symbolize the ongoing fight in the United States against the privatization of public education, attacks on teachers and teachers unions, and the need for real democracy in both schools and curriculum. Read more. |
