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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

Since 1990, NCHE has supported K-12 teachers in the development and implementation of history education, with support from scholars, museums, historic sites, and other history educators. Today, NCHEs work focuses on three areas: professional learning, community building, and advocacy.

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Every student needs summer school this year to combat coronavirus learning loss

The Hechinger Report

According to 2018 study by the U.S. Art galleries, museums, or historical sites were popular with almost two-thirds of non-poor families, while less than a third of poor families took their kindergarteners to these locations in the summer before first grade.

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Money makes the difference for kindergarteners in the summer

The Hechinger Report

A May 22, 2018 report from the National Center for Education Statistics tracked more than 18,000 kids who attended kindergarten in 2010-11 and followed up with their parents in the fall of 2011 to see how they spent their summer. The poor were less likely to go on cultural outings. Almost two-thirds, or 63 percent of non-poor kids, did.

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

DeSantis, has grown increasingly skeptical that the class will spread to other Kentucky schools, even as her politically liberal district doubles down on a commitment to African American history it made as part of a curriculum revamp in 2018. The historical site, about 12 miles away from Norfolk, is a popular field trip destination.

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