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.

Government 96

Government Controversial Topics American History Civics 96

ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

Now all of a sudden, without asking teachers to give up their weekends to grade,” he says, “we can give all that information to the student and teacher within seconds.” But Cote saw that now an AI chatbot can be trained on the same rubric to instantly give the same kind of feedback.

Civics 134

Civics Controversial Topics Education Social Studies 134

Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Information literacy has been a hot topic of recent conversation. Many folks believe that web sites that traffic in false information and ‘fake news’ may have influenced the last United States presidential election. As I noted in a previous blog post , our information landscape is changing both rapidly and drastically.

Controversial Topics 94

Controversial Topics Government Tradition Leadership 94

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

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

There are plenty of heated debates happening about what should be taught in schools: whether it’s over the type of books students should read , how LGBTQ topics are discussed or how to talk about racism. Even when broken down by political party and income, a majority of each group wanted the funds for public education.

Education 145

Education Controversial Topics Civics Elementary School 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Samantha Palu, a high school government teacher in South Dakota, came to school on Jan. Palu’s principal backed her up, but she worries about backlash when she tackles controversial topics in the future. government and African American history in Hamilton, Ohio. Capitol the previous day. Duane Moore, teacher, Ohio.

Controversial Topics 111

Controversial Topics Social Studies Government American History 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

Other factors outside school, including social media , parents, peers, churches, the media, social class, segregation and rising income inequality exert varying degrees of influence on how Americans fill information gaps, form their political views and act politically. Credit: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

Teaching 140

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 140