Keeping Track: In the News and Presentations
Selected news referencing the Zinn Education Project in print media, blogs, websites, radio, and television.
April 4, 2012. Arizona Daily Star. “TUSD dropping its director of Mexican American Studies.” By Alexis Huicochea.
April 3, 2012. Common Dreams. “Arizona Teacher Embodies Educational Spirit of Howard Zinn: Tucson’s Mexican American Studies Director Sean Arce Wins National Zinn Education Award.” By Jeff Biggers.
April 3, 2012. Huffington Post. “Tucson’s Mexican American Studies Director Sean Arce Wins National Zinn Education Award.” By Jeff Biggers.
April 2, 2012. Alternet. “National Zinn Education Award Given to Tucson’s Mexican American Studies Director Sean Arce.” By Jeff Biggers.
March 15, 2012. Common Dreams. “The Real Irish American Story Not Taught in Schools.” By Bill Bigelow.
March 14, 2012. Huffington Post. “The Real Irish American Story Not Taught in Schools.” By Bill Bigelow.
January 13, 2012. Salon.com. “Who’s Afraid of “The Tempest”?: Arizona’s ban on ethnic studies proscribes Mexican-American history, local authors, even Shakespeare.” By Jeff Biggers.
November 24, 2011. GOOD News. “Why Do Schools Still Teach an Oversimplified Thanksgiving Story?” By Liz Dwyer.
November 7, 2011. Rethinking Schools Blog. “Occupy the Curriculum.” By Bill Bigelow.
October 12, 2011. What’s Possible: The Tides Blog. “Why We Support the #OccupyWallStreet Movement.” By Melissa Bradley.
March, 2011. Teacherken-Daily Kos. “The Zinn Education Project – Continuing the Work.” By TeacherKen.
Winter, 2011. War Resisters League magazine. “Teaching Against War, for Humanity.” By Bill Bigelow.
January 27, 2011. Huffington Post. “Remembering Howard Zinn: Power to The People’s History.” By Sam Chaltain.
September, 2010. Language Arts Journal. Critical Media Literacy in the 2.0 by Jesse Gainer.
Summer-Fall 2010. Social Science Docket: A Joint Publication of the New York and New Jersey State Councils for the Social Studies. Curriculum Review of the Zinn Education Project by Matthew Crichton.
August, 2010. Huntington Public Schools Headlines. People’s History Awaits Finley Students.
June 30, 2010. Mid-Valley News. Mountain View High School Teacher Recognized For History Essay.
June 29, 2010, Santa Cruz Good Times. Channeling Zinn: Local history teacher brings the Zinn Education Project to the classroom.
June 18, 2010. Fox 29 San Antonio. A local teacher with the Henry Ford Academy is being honored for teaching beyond the textbook.
June 18, 2010. Camarillo Acorn. Giving context to history textbooks by Michelle Knight.
June 17, 2010. San Lorenzo Press Banner.com – Valley People. Teacher wins textbooks.
June 4, 2010. Camarillo Acorn. History teacher honored for including voices seldom heard.
May, 2010. YES! Magazine. Yes! recommends Zinn Education Project.
March 31, 2010. Ukiah Blog. Zinn Education Project.
April 23, 2010. PEN Newsblast. Zinn on Zinn.
April 21, 2010. Z-Net. Losing Our Favorite Teacher by Bill Bigelow.
Spring, 2010. Rethinking Schools. One Long Struggle for Justice: An Interview with Howard Zinn.
March 16, 2010. The Expanding Life. Zinn Education Project by Susan Gaissert.
January 30, 2010. San Francisco Chronicle. Howard Zinn, My Courageous Friend, letter to the editor by William Holtzman.
January 29, 2010. KBOO Radio. Tribute to Howard Zinn with broadcast of Author on Air and interview with Bill Bigelow.
January 28, 2010. Guardian UK. Howard Zinn, US historian and activist, dies aged 87.
January 19, 2010. Harper Collins Blog Talk Radio. Ask Howard – Author on Air interview with Howard Zinn.
January 4, 2010. Larry Bruce’ Blog. Zinn Education Project.
December 29, 2009. Free Technology for Teachers. Teaching US History with Howard Zinn by Mr. Byrne.
December 14, 2009. The Huffington Post. The People Spoke and They Need to Speak Again by Alan Singer.
December 14, 2009. Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day. A Not To Be Missed New Website: Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People’s History.
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Zinn Education Project e-newsletters.
January/February 2012. Honoring Howard Zinn’s Legacy.
December 2011. Smashing Success at NCSS.
December 2011. Highlights of the Zinn Room Dedication.
October 2011. Letter from Myla Kabat-Zinn.
September 2011. Upcoming conferences. Zinn Room Dedication Invite
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Selected workshops and presentations.
August 4-7, 2011. Transforming Education & Our World: 8th Annual Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) Conference in Portland, Oregon. The conference included three workshops on people’s history topics: Teaching diverse Middle School students empowering ways to explore racism in history (Moé Yonamine); Indigenous Peoples Confront the Climate Crisis (Tim Swinehart); and Rethinking the Line Between Us (Bill Bigelow)
June 4, 2010. National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education. People Speak Performance with Voices of a People’s History.
May 15, 2010. A People’s Celebration of Howard Zinn. Speech by Lauren Cooper about the Zinn Education Project.
April 23-24, 2010, Urban Sites Conference, Portland, Oregon. The People Speak: Illuminating Primary Source Documents to Promote Literacy and Activism – and – Rethinking the Line Between Us: Bringing History to Life in the Classroom.
March 20, 2010. NYCORE Conference, New York. Bringing People’s History to Life in the Classroom: In Honor of Howard Zinn (1922-2010) with Voices of a People’s History.
March 13, 2010. Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group. St. Louis, MO. Teaching People’s History with You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train film viewing and discussion.
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Selected list of displays at conferences and other public events.
2012
National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (New York, NY) [upcoming]
National Council for the Social Studies (Seattle, WA) [upcoming]
New York Collective of Radical Educators (New York, NY) [upcoming]
2011
American Historical Association (Boston, MA)
Anti-racist/Anti-bias Teaching Conference (Milwaukee, WI)
ASCD (San Francisco, CA)
National Association for Multicultural Education (Chicago, IL)
Northwest Teachers for Social Justice (Seattle, WA)
Teachers for Social Justice (San Francisco, CA)
2010
American Education Research Association National Conference (Denver, CO)
Anti-racist/Anti-bias Teaching Conference (Milwaukee, WI)
Coalition for Community Schools National Conference (Philadelphia, PA)
Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group Curriculum Fair (St. Louis, MO)
National Association for Multicultural Education (Las Vegas, NV)
National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (National Harbor, MD)
National Council for the Social Studies (Denver, CO)
New York Collective of Radical Educators (New York, NY)
Oakland History Day Fair - Celebrating Everyday Heroes in History (Oakland, CA)
Organization of American Historians National Conference and Commemoration of Howard Zinn (Washington, DC)
Philadelphia Social Justice Curriculum Fair (Philadelphia, PA)
Ridenhour Award Ceremony (Washington, DC)
Teachers for Social Justice conferences in Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA; and Portland, OR)
Urban Sites Conference of the National Writing Project (Portland, OR)
US Social Forum National Conference (Detroit, MI)
Wisconsin Social Studies Conference (Madison, WI)
White Privilege Conference (La Crosse, WI)
