ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As of 2022, 38 states required a semester of civics education in high school; that same year, the federal government increased spending on “American History and Civics” fourfold. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts. To reach every student in the U.S.,

Civics 124

Civics Education Civic Engagement K-12 124

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

Thanks to a generous collaboration with Dartmouth College historian Matthew Delmont , the Zinn Education Project sent 14,000 copies of Delmont’s book Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad to public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

At the meeting, reading a prepared speech from her cell phone, Saykhamphone shared the cotton gin story and told board members that “for me to truly appreciate American history and my Black and Asian history, standards should not be watered down.” Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history.

History 98

History American History Ancestry Pedagogy 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As of early 2022, it had the highest number of January 6 arrestees of any locality, according to local media. Related: Inside Florida’s ‘underground lab’ for far-right education policies By November, when a slate of Republican school board candidates who’d campaigned against DEI was elected , the changes started to come hard and fast.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy History 143