American History Cultures History Education 
ED Surge
OCTOBER 11, 2023
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. These are all great steps in the right direction, but I believe there is still a lack of respect for the importance of history and civics education.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 27, 2020
Ankita Ajith is one of four college-age friends who are petitioning the Texas State Board of Education to create an antiracist American history curriculum. In July, Ajith and three of her friends testified before the Texas State Board of Education, demanding changes to the way students are taught.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could learn about maps and the geospatial revolution from a professor at Penn State University.
ASHP CML
MARCH 5, 2024
The Assistant Director will report to the Executive Director. ASHP/CML also leads other programs at the Graduate Center such as the New Media Lab.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 28, 2021
Indeed, the local Civic Learning Plans its supporters propose would just further fragment the history our students learn. And that in time will weaken any hope of having a shared cultural understanding of what it means to be American. Is American history education the problem? citizenship exam.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
And in one IB history class, she said a teacher had students pick cotton seeds off cotton plants to demonstrate the efficiency of the cotton gin, in an attempt to include multiple perspectives in his class. That conclusion is a marked contrast to Florida’s recently approved and controversial African-American history standards.
ASHP CML
MARCH 3, 2025
The ASHP staff knows that such changes dont emerge overnight; as we look backward and ahead, we remain committed to making our work as history educators help generate greater understanding of the current historical moment. These stories are weaved together through the use of archival footage and nearly constant jazz music.
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