News - Zinn Education Project

Howard Zinn on Democracy Now!

"We're trying to energize people by learning a history that is provocative and that is inspirational." —Howard Zinn On May 13, 2009, Howard Zinn was a guest on Democracy Now!, where he discussed the new edition of A Young People's History of the United States and played clips from the forthcoming documentary The People Speak.

William Holtzman on Howard Zinn and Zinn Education Project

William Holtzman, former students of Howard Zinn's, co-founded the Zinn Education Project to bring people's history to U.S. classrooms.

Howard Zinn’s Keynote at the NCSS Conference

Howard Zinn spoke to over 800 social studies teachers at the 2008 National Council for…

Follow-up Survey Complete

Thanks to everyone who participated in the follow-up survey. We received useful and thought-provoking feedback which we will use to design Phase II of the Zinn Education Project. The raffle prizes will be mailing out in late December/early January. More information in the February 2009 newsletter.

Zinn Education Project Phase 1 Results

The Zinn Education Project (ZEP) is pleased to release the demographic report of 4,000 Zinn Education Packets distributed for free to teachers and teacher educators. In June of 2008, ZEP distributed 4,000 free packets to classroom teachers and teacher educators across the country who signed up at zinnedproject.org.

Howard Zinn to Offer Keynote at National Council for the Social Studies Conference

August 2008: The Zinn Education Project is proud to announce that Howard Zinn will deliver…

ZEP Survey Distribution Begins

On Sept. 2, 2008 the Zinn Education Project (ZEP) will begin inviting recipients of the Zinn Education Packet to offer feedback and help us design the next stage. The survey will take approximately 6-10 minutes. In appreciation, participants will be entered in a drawing to win one of hundreds of books, CDs or calendars generously donated by our fellow independent publishers.