Reconstruction era is critical to understanding current events. How is Reconstruction taught in your state?
Check out our report ⬇️, “Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction.”
Defend #FreedomtoLearn
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
Check out our report ⬇️, “Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction.”
Defend #FreedomtoLearn
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle
This report is a comprehensive effort by the Zinn Education Project to understand Reconstruction’s place in state social studies standards across the U.S.
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
November 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Reconstruction era is critical to understanding current events. How is Reconstruction taught in your state?
Check out our report ⬇️, “Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction.”
Defend #FreedomtoLearn
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
Check out our report ⬇️, “Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction.”
Defend #FreedomtoLearn
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
Meanwhile, as more teachers commit to #TeachOutsideTextbook, GOP criminalizes teaching the history in this 🧵
Everyone can highlight key role of K–12 education & student inquiry.
Testify at school board. Defend #FreedomtoLearn at every rally you attend. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
Everyone can highlight key role of K–12 education & student inquiry.
Testify at school board. Defend #FreedomtoLearn at every rally you attend. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
Teach Truth Campaign: At Every Rally
While education is central to the fascist agenda, it is not getting adequate attention from progressive forces. You can help shine a light on education by joining the campaign to Teach Truth.
www.zinnedproject.org
September 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Meanwhile, as more teachers commit to #TeachOutsideTextbook, GOP criminalizes teaching the history in this 🧵
Everyone can highlight key role of K–12 education & student inquiry.
Testify at school board. Defend #FreedomtoLearn at every rally you attend. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
Everyone can highlight key role of K–12 education & student inquiry.
Testify at school board. Defend #FreedomtoLearn at every rally you attend. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
Learn more about the Reconstruction era & how it is taught (or not) in ZEP report ⬇️
Just as more teachers #TeachOutsideTextbook about Reconstruction & more, the GOP is passing laws to criminalize those lessons.
NOT a coincidence.
Defend #FreedomtoLearn
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
Just as more teachers #TeachOutsideTextbook about Reconstruction & more, the GOP is passing laws to criminalize those lessons.
NOT a coincidence.
Defend #FreedomtoLearn
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
September 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Learn more about the Reconstruction era & how it is taught (or not) in ZEP report ⬇️
Just as more teachers #TeachOutsideTextbook about Reconstruction & more, the GOP is passing laws to criminalize those lessons.
NOT a coincidence.
Defend #FreedomtoLearn
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
Just as more teachers #TeachOutsideTextbook about Reconstruction & more, the GOP is passing laws to criminalize those lessons.
NOT a coincidence.
Defend #FreedomtoLearn
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
70 years ago today: #BackToSchool #FreedomToLearn
#BacktoSchool Clinton, Tenn.
Black students went to Clinton HS, backed by Brown v. Board ruling.
Next day (#tdih 1956), White Citizens Council & Klan riot in Clinton. #Terrorism
Read ⬇️ & see book for gr 7+.
Defend #FreedomtoLearn about this history today.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/cl...
Black students went to Clinton HS, backed by Brown v. Board ruling.
Next day (#tdih 1956), White Citizens Council & Klan riot in Clinton. #Terrorism
Read ⬇️ & see book for gr 7+.
Defend #FreedomtoLearn about this history today.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/cl...
Sept. 1, 1956: Clinton Desegregation Crisis
The White Citizens Council and Ku Klux Klan launched full-scale rioting in Clinton, Tennessee in response to school desegregation.
www.zinnedproject.org
September 1, 2026 at 4:06 PM
70 years ago today: #BackToSchool #FreedomToLearn
#BacktoSchool Clinton, Tenn.
Black students went to Clinton HS, backed by Brown v. Board ruling.
Next day (#tdih 1956), White Citizens Council & Klan riot in Clinton. #Terrorism
Read ⬇️ & see book for gr 7+.
Defend #FreedomtoLearn about this history today.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/cl...
Black students went to Clinton HS, backed by Brown v. Board ruling.
Next day (#tdih 1956), White Citizens Council & Klan riot in Clinton. #Terrorism
Read ⬇️ & see book for gr 7+.
Defend #FreedomtoLearn about this history today.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/cl...
Sept. 1, 1956: Clinton Desegregation Crisis
The White Citizens Council and Ku Klux Klan launched full-scale rioting in Clinton, Tennessee in response to school desegregation.
www.zinnedproject.org
September 1, 2026 at 2:03 PM
#BacktoSchool Clinton, Tenn.
Black students went to Clinton HS, backed by Brown v. Board ruling.
Next day (#tdih 1956), White Citizens Council & Klan riot in Clinton. #Terrorism
Read ⬇️ & see book for gr 7+.
Defend #FreedomtoLearn about this history today.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/cl...
Black students went to Clinton HS, backed by Brown v. Board ruling.
Next day (#tdih 1956), White Citizens Council & Klan riot in Clinton. #Terrorism
Read ⬇️ & see book for gr 7+.
Defend #FreedomtoLearn about this history today.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/cl...
BREAKING: We filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Florida law that curtails academic freedom by imposing restrictions on university programs and discussions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
January 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Across generations, we’ve come together to create a better life for ourselves & our families. Accessing education is one way Kateryna, Anita, & Claudia have done just that.
Together we can make communities where everyone has the #FreedomToLearn, grow & thrive.
#WeWillWelcome
Together we can make communities where everyone has the #FreedomToLearn, grow & thrive.
#WeWillWelcome
July 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Across generations, we’ve come together to create a better life for ourselves & our families. Accessing education is one way Kateryna, Anita, & Claudia have done just that.
Together we can make communities where everyone has the #FreedomToLearn, grow & thrive.
#WeWillWelcome
Together we can make communities where everyone has the #FreedomToLearn, grow & thrive.
#WeWillWelcome
Homeschooling allows my kids to:
🌞 Wake with the sun
📚 Learn from living books
🧩 Explore their passions
🧘♀️ Take brain breaks without punishment
It’s education that serves them. Not the other way around. #FreedomToLearn
🌞 Wake with the sun
📚 Learn from living books
🧩 Explore their passions
🧘♀️ Take brain breaks without punishment
It’s education that serves them. Not the other way around. #FreedomToLearn
July 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Homeschooling allows my kids to:
🌞 Wake with the sun
📚 Learn from living books
🧩 Explore their passions
🧘♀️ Take brain breaks without punishment
It’s education that serves them. Not the other way around. #FreedomToLearn
🌞 Wake with the sun
📚 Learn from living books
🧩 Explore their passions
🧘♀️ Take brain breaks without punishment
It’s education that serves them. Not the other way around. #FreedomToLearn
What they don't tell you about homeschooling:
➡️ Your child might learn better barefoot
➡️ Maths might click after gardening
➡️ Reading might flourish by writing comics
➡️ Learning never needed a bell
#HomeschoolTruths #FreedomToLearn
➡️ Your child might learn better barefoot
➡️ Maths might click after gardening
➡️ Reading might flourish by writing comics
➡️ Learning never needed a bell
#HomeschoolTruths #FreedomToLearn
July 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
What they don't tell you about homeschooling:
➡️ Your child might learn better barefoot
➡️ Maths might click after gardening
➡️ Reading might flourish by writing comics
➡️ Learning never needed a bell
#HomeschoolTruths #FreedomToLearn
➡️ Your child might learn better barefoot
➡️ Maths might click after gardening
➡️ Reading might flourish by writing comics
➡️ Learning never needed a bell
#HomeschoolTruths #FreedomToLearn
The beauty of homeschooling? You don’t need to copy school.
You can:
🌿 Unschool
📚 Charlotte Mason
🪴 Montessori
🎨 Unit Studies
🧠 Classical
🎲 Eclectic
Freedom isn’t just a perk—it’s the point. #HomeschoolStyles #FreedomToLearn
You can:
🌿 Unschool
📚 Charlotte Mason
🪴 Montessori
🎨 Unit Studies
🧠 Classical
🎲 Eclectic
Freedom isn’t just a perk—it’s the point. #HomeschoolStyles #FreedomToLearn
July 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The beauty of homeschooling? You don’t need to copy school.
You can:
🌿 Unschool
📚 Charlotte Mason
🪴 Montessori
🎨 Unit Studies
🧠 Classical
🎲 Eclectic
Freedom isn’t just a perk—it’s the point. #HomeschoolStyles #FreedomToLearn
You can:
🌿 Unschool
📚 Charlotte Mason
🪴 Montessori
🎨 Unit Studies
🧠 Classical
🎲 Eclectic
Freedom isn’t just a perk—it’s the point. #HomeschoolStyles #FreedomToLearn
Free people, read freely. #FreedomofPress
#FreedomofSpeech
#FreedomtoRead
#FreedomtoLearn
#FreedomtoAccessKnowledge
#FreeLibraries
#LibraryofCongress
www.cbsnews.com/video/former...
#FreedomofSpeech
#FreedomtoRead
#FreedomtoLearn
#FreedomtoAccessKnowledge
#FreeLibraries
#LibraryofCongress
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Former Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden speaks out about her firing by Trump
In this preview of an interview with national correspondent Robert Costa to be broadcast on "CBS Sunday Morning" June 8, Dr. Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress fired by President Trump las...
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June 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Sometimes there's a misconception that this approach is meant as an exemption from accountability and is immune to rigor. In most cases, the reality is the opposite.
#learnerdirected #freedomtolearn #EducationFreedom
#learnerdirected #freedomtolearn #EducationFreedom
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Sometimes there's a misconception that this approach is meant as an exemption from accountability and is immune to rigor. In most cases, the reality is the opposite.
#learnerdirected #freedomtolearn #EducationFreedom
#learnerdirected #freedomtolearn #EducationFreedom
The Freedom to Learn Network, convened by the African American Policy Forum, is a coalition of the leading civil rights, human rights, and social justice organizations; democracy’s stakeholders; national teachers unions; education advocates; students; parents and people and organizations across the
Home | FreedomToLearn
www.freedomtolearn.net
April 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The Freedom to Learn Network, convened by the African American Policy Forum, is a coalition of the leading civil rights, human rights, and social justice organizations; democracy’s stakeholders; national teachers unions; education advocates; students; parents and people and organizations across the
🚨The #freedomtolearn and literary expression is under attack across the South.
As book challenges and bans are on the rise, some libraries are facing censorship and even fines and jail when they disagree 🔗: www.splcenter.org/resources/st...
As book challenges and bans are on the rise, some libraries are facing censorship and even fines and jail when they disagree 🔗: www.splcenter.org/resources/st...
March 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🚨The #freedomtolearn and literary expression is under attack across the South.
As book challenges and bans are on the rise, some libraries are facing censorship and even fines and jail when they disagree 🔗: www.splcenter.org/resources/st...
As book challenges and bans are on the rise, some libraries are facing censorship and even fines and jail when they disagree 🔗: www.splcenter.org/resources/st...
Too many rules in school can shut down young minds. We should let kids think, ask, and dream freely.
#FreedomToLearn #EducationMatters #QuoteOfTheDay
#FreedomToLearn #EducationMatters #QuoteOfTheDay
Interferes With My Learning: Einstein on Education’s Limits
Interferes with my learning—Einstein’s quote shows how rigid education systems can block curiosity, creativity, and real understanding.
quotes.thisgrandpablogs.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Too many rules in school can shut down young minds. We should let kids think, ask, and dream freely.
#FreedomToLearn #EducationMatters #QuoteOfTheDay
#FreedomToLearn #EducationMatters #QuoteOfTheDay
"I just want to be back in the classroom with my students,” shared @coloradoea.bsky.social educator Dr. Angelica Givler-Viers to NBC News. Educators should not face retaliation for standing up for students’ right to learn. NEA stands with Dr. Givler and all educators defending the #FreedomToLearn. ✊
Teachers protest in solidarity with suspended colleague in Colorado Springs
A Colorado Springs teacher was suspended after posting TikToks about her district's changes in curriculum. Some parents and teachers are now protesting in solidarity with Dr. Angel Givler-Viers.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"I just want to be back in the classroom with my students,” shared @coloradoea.bsky.social educator Dr. Angelica Givler-Viers to NBC News. Educators should not face retaliation for standing up for students’ right to learn. NEA stands with Dr. Givler and all educators defending the #FreedomToLearn. ✊
Any student with an IEP will be harmed and not receive the education they deserve! @schousedems.bsky.social
@midlandsapple.bsky.social @scfored.bsky.social
#publiceducation #FreedomToLearn
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@midlandsapple.bsky.social @scfored.bsky.social
#publiceducation #FreedomToLearn
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Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. Here's what it does
President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department.
apnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Any student with an IEP will be harmed and not receive the education they deserve! @schousedems.bsky.social
@midlandsapple.bsky.social @scfored.bsky.social
#publiceducation #FreedomToLearn
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@midlandsapple.bsky.social @scfored.bsky.social
#publiceducation #FreedomToLearn
apnews.com/article/educ...
“Opt-in policies restrict access to sex education by requiring parents to submit written permission before their child receives sex education…a policy that assumes non-participation as the default.”
#educationalgagorder
#classroomcensorship
#freedomtolearn
#humanrights
#educationalgagorder
#classroomcensorship
#freedomtolearn
#humanrights
Our latest policy brief, “Sex Ed and Parental Consent”, breaks down why opt-in policies are harmful and where they're popping up 💡
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siecus.org/resource/sex...
March 27, 2026 at 12:40 AM
“Opt-in policies restrict access to sex education by requiring parents to submit written permission before their child receives sex education…a policy that assumes non-participation as the default.”
#educationalgagorder
#classroomcensorship
#freedomtolearn
#humanrights
#educationalgagorder
#classroomcensorship
#freedomtolearn
#humanrights
Organize. Strategize. Resist. Persist.
#feminism
#freedomtolearn
#reproductivejustice
#bodilyautonomy
#abortionaccess
#sexeducation
#feminism
#freedomtolearn
#reproductivejustice
#bodilyautonomy
#abortionaccess
#sexeducation
The Heritage Foundation's Plan to Keep Women Uneducated, Pregnant and Subservient msmagazine.com/2026/02/20/h...
The Heritage Foundation's Plan to Keep Women Uneducated, Pregnant and Subservient
The Heritage Foundation published "Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years." Goodbye women's rights.
msmagazine.com
February 26, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Organize. Strategize. Resist. Persist.
#feminism
#freedomtolearn
#reproductivejustice
#bodilyautonomy
#abortionaccess
#sexeducation
#feminism
#freedomtolearn
#reproductivejustice
#bodilyautonomy
#abortionaccess
#sexeducation
Meta censors access to info about condoms, menstrual hygiene products, sexual health, anatomy of reproductive organs, puberty education, menstrual health, fertilization & reproduction, STI & HIV prevention, contraceptives, consent education and abortion.
#censorship
#freedomtolearn
#sexualhealth
#censorship
#freedomtolearn
#sexualhealth
February 26, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Meta censors access to info about condoms, menstrual hygiene products, sexual health, anatomy of reproductive organs, puberty education, menstrual health, fertilization & reproduction, STI & HIV prevention, contraceptives, consent education and abortion.
#censorship
#freedomtolearn
#sexualhealth
#censorship
#freedomtolearn
#sexualhealth
Trump brags about “loving the poorly educated”—then pushes policies that underfund rural schools and restrict what teachers can say. He doesn’t want you informed. He wants you controlled.
#PublicEducationMatters #FreedomToLearn #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#PublicEducationMatters #FreedomToLearn #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
December 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Trump brags about “loving the poorly educated”—then pushes policies that underfund rural schools and restrict what teachers can say. He doesn’t want you informed. He wants you controlled.
#PublicEducationMatters #FreedomToLearn #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#PublicEducationMatters #FreedomToLearn #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
And join me and fellow educators this weekend to defend the #Freedomtolearn publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/events/teach...
Teach Truth Pop-Up at Laguna Beach Farmers Market
Participate in the Zinn Education Project’s 5th Annual Teach Truth Days of Action by visiting an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display at the Laguna Beach Farmers Market on June 7, 8:00 am...
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June 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
And join me and fellow educators this weekend to defend the #Freedomtolearn publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/events/teach...
@katieporteroc.bsky.social As an educator I know you support our students' #freedomtolearn. Will you join me at theTeach Truth Pop-Up at the Laguna Beach Farmers Market on June 7th? publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/events/teach...
Teach Truth Pop-Up at Laguna Beach Farmers Market
Participate in the Zinn Education Project’s 5th Annual Teach Truth Days of Action by visiting an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display at the Laguna Beach Farmers Market on June 7, 8:00 am...
publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app
May 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
@katieporteroc.bsky.social As an educator I know you support our students' #freedomtolearn. Will you join me at theTeach Truth Pop-Up at the Laguna Beach Farmers Market on June 7th? publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/events/teach...