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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program (TPS). The Great Plains region is one of six across the country whose role is to provide subgrants to organizations seeking to include Library resources in their educational programming.

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Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups

Zinn Education Project

Each year, the Zinn Education Project hosts Teaching for Black Lives study groups across the United States. Using the Rethinking Schools book Teaching for Black Lives , educators explore how to teach about racism, resistance, and joy in free, teacher-led professional learning communities. history, racism, and LGBTQ+ identity.

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Rebuilding the Transatlantic exchange on Learning & Teaching: The Active Learning in Political Science (ALPS) Blog Receives the 2024 APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award

Political Science Now

The APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award, jointly supported by the Political Studies Association of the UK and APSA , honors political scientists engaged in collaborative and productive cross-national partnerships that make a significant contribution to the discipline in the areas of teaching, research, or civic engagement.

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OPINION: A better democracy starts in our schools

The Hechinger Report

Over the last few decades, our education system has consistently prioritized educating for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. The United States spends $54 per student on those subjects, but only 5 cents per student on civics education. Is this a victory for Democrats? What’s really wrong here?

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NAEP, the Nation’s Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It’s not

The Hechinger Report

But both sides have long backed the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which is also called the Nations Report Card. Its a very delicate instrument, said conservative education commentator Chester Finn, who formerly chaired the governing board that oversees the assessment. Risky things are happening.

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Joyce Vance: Bring Back Civics Education!

Diane Ravitch

She writes: Its no wonder that Project 2025 calls for putting an end to the Department of Education. Voters who lack the backbone of a solid education in civics can be manipulated. That takes us to Trumps plans for the Department of Education. One of the goals of Project 2025 is terminating the Department of Education.

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