Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

Teaching government at Hilliard Darby High School in Ohio (a suburb of Columbus), Amy Messick helps students understand how our constitutional system works. By August 2024 she would complete her degree in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, giving her time for such an endeavor. Were seeing ambition.

Government 89

Government Controversial Topics American History Civics 89

ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

“One of the activities that we do is the classroom constitution,” she says, “where from the minute the students come together as a new community, you walk in and you say, ‘How are we going to govern ourselves?’”

Civics 135

Civics Controversial Topics Education Social Studies 135

Psych Learning Curve

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Six years is the timespan the federal government uses to measure graduation rates. This safety is reinforced by the implied or stated requirement for educators to be “apolitical” and avoid controversial topics with students, families, and colleagues.

Controversial Topics 52

Controversial Topics Psychology Elementary School Pedagogy 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

If, after class, you read tweets by the same professor saying that black students are “generally inferior academically to white students” and that members of the LBGTQ community only want marriage rights “to get spousal fringe benefits from the government,” you might find fault with your professor’s boss for not firing the prejudiced chauvinist.

Controversial Topics 108

Controversial Topics Leadership Charter School Government 108

Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

School leaders also must create safe spaces for teaching and learning about controversial topics. Imagine, for instance, a high school government teacher who asked her students to follow the primary social media channels of the two primary political parties here in the United States.

Controversial Topics 94

Controversial Topics Government Tradition Leadership 94

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Government Accountability Office reported that black students and students with disabilities were disproportionately suspended and expelled in K-12 public schools “regardless of the type of disciplinary action, level of school poverty, or type of public school attended.” Last week, the U.S.

Controversial Topics 53

Controversial Topics K-12 Heritage Public School 53

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

Stark Division on LGBTQ+ Topics Researchers asked participants to decide on the appropriateness of potentially controversial topics like the discussion of sex ed, racism and LGBTQ+ issues at both the elementary and high school levels.

Education 145

Education Controversial Topics Civics Elementary School 145