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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

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). These regional grants will help fund projects that expand and explore innovative methods of teaching and learning with Library of Congress materials.

Library

Library Primary Sources Museum Historic Sites

Rev Up Your AmRev Curriculum

NCHE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Looking for fresh ways to teach about the American Revolution? Looking for advice on how to navigate teaching inclusive history during this time of divisive rhetoric? –Networking: Connect with educators from various backgrounds to discuss shared challenges and exchange ideas and explore innovative teaching strategies.

Museum Education

Museum Education Museum K-12 American History

Prentiss Charney Fellows 2024–2026

Zinn Education Project

JULY 30, 2024

We are thrilled to announce our second class of Zinn Education Project Prentiss Charney fellows for the 2024–2026 school years. The fellowship offers support for a cohort of people’s history educator leaders to study, learn, and organize together for two years. history children will learn and the kind of future they will create.

History Education

History Education History Teaching Education

'Teaching Times' article on the new GCSE Natural History

Living Geography

JUNE 14, 2024

A cross-posting from my GCSE Natural History blog, which has over 300 posts. A new article in 'Teaching Times' by Mary Colwell gives a bit of an update into the state of the GCSE Natural History, and its possible introduction in 2026. There is a lot to do even for a 2026 introduction.

History

History Teaching Government

Delays to GCSE Natural History

Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Yesterday, I saw a message on Threads (I've stepped away from Twitter as you know) about delays to the GCSE Natural History being reported on Schoolsweek. I also have a blog which now has over 350 posts , in preparation for teaching and creating resources. I have a very large Google Drive folder already.

History

History Teaching

Talking Natural History

Living Geography

MAY 5, 2024

Earlier this week I spent an interesting day in Cambridge discussing the GCSE Natural History as a member of OCR's Consultative Forum. We were given a little window on what has happening to prepare the new subject for first teaching. There were some familiar faces as well as some new friends to meet. or be opened this month.

History

History Geography Teaching

Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

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.

Teaching

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Library

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

AUGUST 23, 2024

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.

Political Science

Political Science Pedagogy Teaching Civic Engagement

Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy Appointed as the Next Executive Director of the American Political Science Association

Political Science Now

AUGUST 30, 2024

million dollar Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) (2020-2023 and 2023-2026). Mealy brings a wealth of organizational experience and expertise to the position. million dollars in 2021; and serving as the co-Principal Investigator on the National Science Foundation (NSF) $1.4

Political Science

Political Science Leadership Advocacy Human Rights

It used to be a notoriously violent prison. Now it’s home to a first-of-its kind education program

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It’s not the first time I’ve cried after class,” the professor, Romi Hitchcock-Tinseth, said later, although she was teaching only her fourth session at the prison. Darryl Baca — the student who praised Mariscal after his classroom speech — epitomizes the entire history of Pelican Bay. “That’s some raw stuff right here.

Education

Education Leadership Government Teaching

OPINION: A better democracy starts in our schools

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Unfortunately, we’re not teaching students how to take part in meaningful discourse, or how to discuss controversial issues. We’re not teaching students the real history of democracy in this country. We are not teaching students how to take action on issues they care about, or how to participate in the political process.

Civics

Civics Economics History Government

College Uncovered, Season 2, Episode 8

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Maitland Jones lost his job teaching organic chemistry at New York University after students signed a petition saying his course was too hard. You know, I’m an old timer, and I believe that there is value in, well, humanities, and a humanistic approach to teaching science. Jon: Right. At least I would hope it isn’t.

Humanities

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures

How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Kambria Siyuja, right, plans to teach in Supai, like her mother, Jackie Siyuja, middle, who teaches at the tribes preschool program. history, and knew none of the literature her peers had read years earlier. But what are they teaching here? She had only superficial familiarity with state and U.S.

Education

Education Elementary School Government K-12

What education could look like under Harris and Walz

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

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. — Walz spent part of his early career teaching in small rural schools, including on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. —

K-12

K-12 Education Public School History

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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

Rev Up Your AmRev Curriculum

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Prentiss Charney Fellows 2024–2026

'Teaching Times' article on the new GCSE Natural History

Delays to GCSE Natural History

Talking Natural History

Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups

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

Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy Appointed as the Next Executive Director of the American Political Science Association

It used to be a notoriously violent prison. Now it’s home to a first-of-its kind education program

OPINION: A better democracy starts in our schools

College Uncovered, Season 2, Episode 8

How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

What education could look like under Harris and Walz

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