Since the death of historian Howard Zinn in 2010, a number of scholars and politicians have targeted Zinns work in an effort to undermine his influence among educators. Most famously, former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels celebrated Zinns death in emails to his education lieutenants and ordered them to find and remove Zinns book, A Peoples History of the United States, from schools and teacher education programs. Arguably, the most thorough attack on Zinn appeared in the AFT - American Federation of Teachers American Educator. In the article, Undue Certainty: Where Howard Zinns A Peoples History Falls Short, Sam Wineburg, professor of education at Stanford University, insists that Zinns work is just as problematic as traditional textbooks. Read full article, Bashing Howard Zinn: A Critical Look at One of the Critics, here: bit.ly/1df7EzQ
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:06:33 +0000
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