Books Civics History Education 
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
To fix this, we need to deepen our investments in civics and history instruction, bolstered by an emphasis on critical thinking skills. Only one-third of native-born Americans can correctly answer the basic civics questions required of naturalized individuals to achieve U.S. We are not setting our children up for success.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
The study, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning , was produced by researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Whether this bounty will make us smarter and better informed or more ignorant and narrow-minded will depend on our awareness of this problem and our educational response to it.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
Without a doubt we would be living on Pinterest since it has dozens of pinboards – and tens of thousands of pins – related to history , including awesome resource sets from the Stanford History Education Group. million book images from the Internet Archive. . National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3
Zinn Education Project
JANUARY 15, 2024
For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. Books by Black, Indigenous, authors of color, LGBTQ+, and Palestinian American writers are increasingly being banned. Or march to a local civic building.
Zinn Education Project
JANUARY 2, 2025
For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills. The educator-led events received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement. Attend meetings, vote, run for office. Sign up today.
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.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 25, 2021
Author Andrea Gabor called the violence a “Sputnik moment for teaching civics.”. As Americans survey the damage to our democracy, how much can we blame schools for the vast divide between how different groups understand our shared history? history and democracy depends on where you live, however. What you learn about U.S.
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