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Public School Teacher Who Praised China’s Coronavirus Response Receives ‘History Teacher Of The Year’ Award

Chrissy Clark
Public School Teacher Who Praised China’s Coronavirus Response Receives ‘History Teacher Of The Year’ Award
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A District of Columbia public school teacher who praised China’s coronavirus response received the district’s 2021 “History Teacher of the Year” award. 

The D.C. Public Schools’ Twitter account announced Wednesday that middle school teacher Caneisha Mills received the award for excellence in history. Mills works with an outside educators organization called the Zinn Education Project, named after well-known socialist Howard Zinn. 

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