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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program (TPS). About the Teaching with Primary Sources Program (TPS) The Teaching with Primary Sources program has been the Library of Congresss premier educational outreach program.

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Strengthening Civic Education: The Role of High-Quality Curriculum and Teaching Strategies

TCI

Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 This infusion of resources is a game-changer for educators and students alike. million to $23 million as grants available to states.

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OPINION: Arts education must move beyond traditional models and embrace practical skills and hands-on learning

The Hechinger Report

Traditional arts education frequently leaves them struggling to enter commercial sectors like galleries, auction houses and publishing. Art history students in particular face growing difficulty in securing employment outside academic circles. In the U.S., Social and environmental responsibility must be woven into arts curricula.

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OPINION: Our education system is not setting up students for success

The Hechinger Report

Our nation has real problems to solve, and many of the solutions will reside in our emerging youth populations of color; but to tap that potential, our schools need to better reflect their histories, experiences and needs. Providing better civics and history education and job training opportunities to our youth is an essential start.

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The Future of Democracy Depends on a Quality Civics Education

ED Surge

A Good Civics Education Includes History When teachers, administrators and legislators talk about history education, we must consider it an exercise in civics. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts.

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How do you teach antiracism to the youngest students?

The Hechinger Report

history, education leaders have started to reckon with how to comprehensively teach history with an antiracism lens. Colleges are holding professional development online events for educators on how to reimagine education with racial justice in mind. Katie Cryan Leary, principal, Magnolia Elementary, Seattle.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could learn about maps and the geospatial revolution from a professor at Penn State University.