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Oral History of Forgottonia: Building a Public History Project in Rural Western Illinois

NCHE

These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.” As part of the NCHE project, The Rural Experience in America , history club students at Cuba High School created a podcast about a local history topic of their choosing.

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Contributions by Scholars of Color Interview Series: Highlights from Dr. Errol Henderson, Prof. of Political Science and International Relations

Political Science Now

Henderson reflects on his upbringing, introduction to political science, and various challenges he faced in his career, and additionally shares advice for young scholars in the discipline. “I was trained that there’s a tradition, there’s a Black tradition, a Black intellectual tradition that doesn’t separate activism from academic work.”

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

Fourth graders got to have their traditional field day. Prince George’s County schools had an unusual school year compared with others in the Washington metropolitan area: It started the 2021-2022 school year with thousands of elementary students in remote learning, an option for parents that ended in January 2022.

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“We’re really underwater here:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II

The Hechinger Report

What we heard was that January 2022 proved to be one of the most challenging months of the pandemic yet in many school districts as they were forced to close schools that could not operate safely due to stunningly high staff absence rates. I came to this country at a very young age, but I still [had] very traditional Mexican parents.

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As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

ED Surge

A scholarly book or article about history or philosophy counts. So does a local oral-history project, an art exhibit, or a dinner-table conversation about books, movies, or music. We were really determined to have a place that took these conversations into the heart of traditional academia, Bulaitis says.