Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

For example, at Spirit Lake High School , students learn about Yamazumi charts, Kaizen events, elemental spaghetti diagrams, and other lean engineering techniques with Polaris, the local snowmobile manufacturer. Student projects are quite varied and create student learning opportunities that may not occur in schools’ typical core curricula.

Project-Based Learning 66

Project-Based Learning Geography American History Middle School 66

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

We can plan events like we always had before. The Philadelphia school district is among many nationwide facing a leadership change. Sharahn Santana, African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. Ben Lawson , band and choir director at Redmond High School. Things are back to normal.

Oral History 109

Oral History History High School Public School 109

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!

History 52

History American History Social Studies Leadership 52

Teaching American History

MAY 21, 2024

Instructor: John Moser (Ashland University) Course Materials: Syllabus , Course Packet , Game Book 610: American Foreign Policy (June 23 – 28) Students examine events and issues in the foreign policy of the American republic. Often these events are portrayed as inevitable and depicted in simplistic terms.

Professional Development 111

Professional Development American History Economics Social Studies 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

This is particularly true for learning our history. To understand America today requires examining the major events in our past that define our national character (for good or for ill). First, strengthen history curricula at the state level, which — for better or for worse — is where the authority rests to control curriculum.

American History 98

American History History Teaching Civics 98

Teaching American History

JANUARY 31, 2024

Like many in the United States, the North Vietnamese leadership were frustrated that the war was not progressing as they had hoped it would. Reports and images of the fighting shocked Americans. Events in Vietnam did not cause support for the war to collapse, but they did decrease support for Johnson.

Government 52

Government American History History Leadership 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

At the meeting, reading a prepared speech from her cell phone, Saykhamphone shared the cotton gin story and told board members that “for me to truly appreciate American history and my Black and Asian history, standards should not be watered down.” Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history.

History 94

History American History Ancestry Pedagogy 94

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

Black contributions to society are not being recognized in the pantheon of American history. Worse, this lack of recognition is reflected in national policy, racial inequities in compensation, and the discounting of black leadership. In fact, we can use it to introduce more recent history and fresh faces.

History 86

History Multicultural Education American History Heritage 86

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2017

Jelani Cobb, the New Yorker columnist tweeted , “The biggest indictment of the way we teach American history is that people can look at #Charlottesviille and say ‘This is not who we are.’” DeVos’ remarks have been much less insightful. Chanting “White lives matter! You will not replace us! Constitution, as “a more perfect Union.”

American History 111

American History History Leadership Government 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Black contributions to society are not being recognized in the pantheon of American history. Worse, this lack of recognition is reflected in national policy, racial inequities in compensation, and the discounting of black leadership. In fact, we can use it to introduce more recent history and fresh faces.

History 47

History Multicultural Education American History Heritage 47

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 7, 2021

The scenes from yesterday will live as one of the most disgraceful, infamous events in American history. Today I am hearing that school administrators are telling their educators to remain “neutral” as they discuss yesterday’s events. People died, tear gas was deployed, and the Capitol was looted.

Charter School 108

Charter School American History Middle School History 108

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 137

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 137

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Event Recording Recording of the full session, except for the breakout rooms. He is an editor for Rethinking Schools , the co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives , editor of More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing , and on the leadership team of the Zinn Education Project. I will be at future classes.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

and African American history. Related: OPINION — The wrong roadmap for teaching American history. Kendi in a notice proposing that the chief federal grant program for history and civics education give priority to projects that incorporate diverse perspectives into teaching. Credit: Chris Tims. But Iowa state Rep.

Social Studies 115

Social Studies Civics History American History 115