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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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TEACHER VOICE: Educators need more resources, skills and partnerships to bring the world into their classrooms

The Hechinger Report

Although most states and jurisdictions lost ground since 2019 in fourth and eighth grade math and reading on the NAEP, DoDEA schools did relatively well. The schools were recently in the news for their relatively strong performance on what’s known as the Nation’s Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

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South Dakota Teacher of the Year Sees Teaching as a Team Effort

Teaching American History

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. While studying the Civil War, we put students in the role of travel agents and asked them to design tours of historical sites related to the war.

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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

Jefferson County Public Schools revamped its social studies curriculum in 2019. The district adopted a Black Historical Consciousness framework created by LaGarrett King, founder and director of the Center for K–12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the University of Buffalo. In 2019, then Gov.

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