ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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Inclusive Curriculum American History Primary Sources Professional Development 104

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The course would prepare students for her fast-paced junior-level AP American History class. It would give them time to think about American principles while learning to read primary documents. The post Katherine Thrailkill’s Mentor Led Her to MAHG appeared first on Teaching American History.

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NCHE

MAY 1, 2023

Since 2017, NCHE has offered professional learning colloquia that focus on “Technology’s Impact in American History (TIAH).” In October 2022, we realized that funds in our TPS grant would enable us to offer an additional colloquium in the spring of 2023. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1565.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Right now, millions of students around the country are comfortably in their seats for the 2023-24 school year. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2023

This was controversial for some, but gay people are a part of American history and life, and California is where Harvey Milk did his activism. You can’t teach psychology without covering gender and sexuality, and you can’t teach American history without covering racism.

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ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

She was director of exhibitions at the New York Public Library, and previously a senior content developer and interpretive planner in the New York office of the museum design firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates, where she worked on the development of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, along with other international projects.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 9, 2024

In any class that focuses on the Founding era in our MA in American History & Government program (MAHG) , you’re almost certainly going to discuss Federalist #1 and how often human history is shaped by “accident and force” instead of “reflection and choice.”

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American History History Government Humanities 52

Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 30, 2023

In 2023, there were increased attacks on teaching Black history, including anti-CRT laws, book bans, and revisions of the AP African American history course. To counter these attacks, we secured donations from authors and publishers to increase classroom access to the books listed below on African American history.

History 52

History Teaching American History Education 52

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Two graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program submitted essays on how they teach these skills to the Bill of Rights Institute’s 2023 National Civics Teacher of the Year Award , placing among the top ten finalists. Peters agreed. Civic engagement involves more than just showing up to vote.

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Civics Civic Engagement American History Government 52

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He told her about the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) at Ashland University. I grew up in Connecticut, not realizing that during the earliest years of our history, slavery existed there, and in all the colonies—not only in the South. Livingston finished her MAHG degree in August 2023.

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Political Science Now

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Dr. Ricks’s publications included articles, book chapters, and book reviews featured in The Journal of Race & Policy , Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Journal of American History, National Political Science Review, PS: Political Science and Politics, American Review of Politics, and many other outlets.

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Political Science Social Justice Leadership American History 41

Life and Landscapes

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Riding the Cable Cars of San Francisco with my son, Philip, during Thanksgiving, 2023! reggievanstockum

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Tradition American History History 40

ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

History,” Journal of American History 95:2 (September 2008); Michael L. Week One Monday, July 10, 2023 – Sessions at Graduate Center Introductions / Visualizing Slavery and Anti-Slavery Session 1 – Institute overview. Reading: Eleanor Harvey, “Introduction,” The Civil War in American Art , (Washington, D.

Museum 52

Museum American History Library History 52

Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 30, 2023

More than 10,000 teachers signed up to access people’s history lessons in 2023 , bringing our full registration at the Zinn Education Project to more than 160,000 teachers from every state in the country! No wonder the right is upset.

History 52

History American History Social Studies Leadership 52

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

AUGUST 7, 2023

In Norfolk, Virginia, the juniors and seniors enrolled in an African American history class taught by Ed Allison were working on their capstone projects, using nearby Fort Monroe, the site where the first enslaved Africans landed in 1619, as a jumping off point to explore their family history.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

A 2023 report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences concluded humanities majors’ incomes are 40 percent higher than those with a high school degree. Jon: Sarah Igo chairs the American History Department at Vanderbilt and is an intellectual historian. I paid $120,000 for someone to tell me to go read Jane Austen.

Humanities 90

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures 90

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The agency will continue to seek meaningful opportunities to build bridges across divisions, honor the richness of our shared history, and teach it with integrity, all while ensuring full compliance with state law, he said.

Library 59

Library Education K-12 History 59

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Related: The (mostly) Republican moms fighting to reclaim their Idaho school district from conservatives A Hillsdale employee until early 2023, Adams worked on its charter program and to promote the college’s 1776 Curriculum. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history.

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Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143

ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2024

In 2023, child care cost families $11,582 on average, according to Child Care Aware, a national advocacy organization. In 2020, at the start of the pandemic, more women exited the labor force than men, a phenomenon that had never occurred in American history. Part of the reason was that child care options disappeared.

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Advocacy Government Economics American History 131

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

“Rather than indoctrinating young people with inappropriate racial, sexual, and political material, which is what we’re doing now, our schools must be totally refocused to prepare our children to succeed in the world of work,” Trump said in a September 2023 video describing his education proposals.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

He has championed investments in public education: For example, in March 2023, he signed a bill to make school meals free to all students in public schools. Walz also was behind Minnesota’s child tax credit increase in 2023, and successfully pushed forward a statewide paid family and medical leave law that takes effect in 2026. —

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