ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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.

Civics 101

Civics Education Civic Engagement K-12 101

TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

History in elementary and middle school; also require at least one year of U.S. History and one semester of civics in high school. Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75

Civics 52

Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 52

ASHP CML

MARCH 5, 2024

ASHP/CML conducts professional development programs for middle and high school teachers and college faculty focused on new historical scholarship and active-learning pedagogy. The Assistant Director will report to the Executive Director. ASHP/CML also leads other programs at the Graduate Center such as the New Media Lab.

History 40

History Professional Development Pedagogy American History 40

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 participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. And so on… .

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Bob Henson High School Social Studies Teacher, Villa Hills, Kentucky In my capacity as a secondary history educator, I strategically incorporated a Democracy Now! The primary and secondary sources are perfect for middle school readers at multiple levels. The selections are short and easily digested.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies Middle School 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In the following weeks, Cousineau recounted, the teachers drafting the American Studies course were told to halt their work, high school English teachers were told to stop writing a new humanities course, and a middle school reading curriculum set to receive final approval was pulled. There’s a lot of work to undo.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

It’s baked into aspects of our culture.” Public schools must teach students about democratic struggles over suffrage and civil rights and the nation’s history of white supremacy. And while it’s clear that schools matter, the size of that influence is debatable. The pathology is white supremacy,” he said.

Teaching 140

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 140