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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

For many of today’s students, the new program’s ideas and approaches to rethinking history and how it is taught are not radical. This generation is hyper-aware of the way that history has been framed — what is included and what is left out. Zeng and her friends never really ventured outside their Asian American bubble.

History 113
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The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

A Conversation with Sonja Czarnecki Sonja Czarnecki, 2022 MAHG Graduate “In order to understand history, you have to do history,” Sonja Czarnecki insists. After sending the essay to the Chronicles of Oklahoma in late 2022, she forgot about it. You need to see how historical narratives are made.” I had a blast.

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One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

The Hechinger Report

As of early 2022, it had the highest number of January 6 arrestees of any locality, according to local media. The new DEI committee was disbanded in early 2022, as students continued to report racial hostility. But in recent years, she said, the district had seemed to swing further to the right.