The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2021

You cannot attend public schools, visit the public library, eat in restaurants, enjoy public parks, go to churches or attend movie theaters. We must insist that the American History we teach in our schools includes discussions of the systemic racism that has defined and divided our country.

American History 97

American History K-12 Civics History 97

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

secretaries of Education and funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is to “transform teaching of history and civics” in ways that (they hope) will diminish political polarization in this country. The Educating for American Democracy project offers no clear guidance on which path is the right one.

American History 99

American History History Teaching Civics 99

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The tsunami of laws and Executive Orders attacking public school curricula mobilize a range of doublespeak, from divisive concepts to race scapegoating to psychological stress; many include the admonition that teachers may not teach students that the United States is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist. for a students.

Social Justice 98

Social Justice Primary Sources History Civics 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. She said the curriculum law is part of a larger problem of extremists gaining control and destroying civic institutions. “It It is scary to me that it is going to be people with a political agenda who don’t believe in public education.”

Elementary School 98

Elementary School High School Civics Pedagogy 98

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

One hope is that rather than balkanizing into red state and blue state education policy agendas , that we can have sensible, civic-minded reforms that large majorities of people can support.” adults, with about half of those coming from people who said there was at least one school-age child in their home.

Education 145

Education Controversial Topics Civics Elementary School 145

Diane Ravitch

MAY 5, 2023

Tim Slekar, Director of the Educator Preparation Program at Muskingum University in Ohio comments here on the recent report that NAEP scores in history and civics dropped during the pandemic. There were no headlines about the dismal state of teaching and learning American history and civics in 2018.

Civics 40

Civics History Social Studies American History 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

The crowd cheered at the idea that people like them — mostly white, mostly male — were the true heroes of American history. Most Americans were appalled. High school social studies teachers and scholars of American history don’t deny that the nation’s story is full of mobs, civil unrest and violence.

Teaching 139

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 139

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

There is a longstanding principle that public school teachers, as representatives of the state, must not attempt to influence their students’ political beliefs, according to Wayne Journell, an education professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. government and African American history in Hamilton, Ohio.

Controversial Topics 111

Controversial Topics Social Studies Government American History 111