ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts.

Civics 131

Civics Education Civic Engagement K-12 131

Doing Social Studies

JANUARY 27, 2022

The four groups dedicated to serving the teachers of Kansas are: Kansas Council for History Education Kansas Geography Alliance Kansas Council for Economic Education Kansas Council for Social Studies The cool thing is that while we all have a specific area of focus, we all have one common goal – sharing our love of history, government, and (..)

Social Studies 67

Social Studies Primary Sources Geography Economics 67

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

government, and only 29 percent said they had a teacher whose primary responsibility is teaching civics. As a country, we have not invested enough in teaching the very fundamental knowledge, skills and dispositions young people need to be informed and engaged participants in our bold experiment in self-government.

Civics 129

Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 129

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

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

A Decline in Civic Understanding The 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) U.S. History and Civics scores for eighth-grade students sounded an alarm: scores have dropped by an average of five points since 2018 and nine points since 2014. history and prompted a nationwide push for revision and improvement.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

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 142

Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 142