Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics.

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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. Once again, we invite educators, students, parents, and community members to rally across the country and pledge to #TeachTruth and defend LGBTQ+ rights on June 8, 2024.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

Many educators probably weren’t surprised by today’s announcement of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test results for civics and history. In past years, the scores for civics have been flat, which is hardly encouraging. The scores tell an all-too-familiar story. million to $23 million.

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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 here.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

At the same time, questions of effectiveness and inclusion across our education system reveal deep cause for concern. Our education system is failing to educate the next generation to face the challenges of our times. Related: What do classroom conversations about race, identity and history really look like?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The exercise was part of “Civic Online Reasoning,” a series of news-literacy lessons being developed by Stanford researchers and piloted by teachers at a few dozen schools. Sam Wineburg, Stanford University education professor. They got duped.”. Or, as one student put it, loudly, “fudge nuggets!”. Janis Schachter, Northport (N.Y.)

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Diane Ravitch

JUNE 20, 2021

In the largest such study undertaken, researchers from Stanford Graduate School of Education devised a challenge for 3,446 American high school students who had been carefully selected to match the demographic makeup of the American population. We have to train students to be better consumers of information.”

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TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

What role should our education system play in bringing us back together? A group of more than 300 historians and education experts published their answer — a “ Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy.” The Educating for American Democracy project offers no clear guidance on which path is the right one.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

Teachers ask if education bears responsibility for the rise in political extremism. Many educators were dismayed that so many Americans see that history as heroic and believe violence is acceptable in a constitutional democracy. Author Andrea Gabor called the violence a “Sputnik moment for teaching civics.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. history and civics since at least Reconstruction, the turbulent period that followed the Civil War. This story also appeared in NBC News.

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