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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 Usability and Teacher Support: The materials are well-organized, properly paced, and accompanied by robust professional development resources.

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Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

TCI

history and prompted a nationwide push for revision and improvement. Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 The findings revealed significant gaps in state standards for civics and U.S.

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” As educators, let us recommit to teaching and working for the dignity of all peoples. government. This dehumanization fuels violence and oppression. Both the U.S. from Israel.

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Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies?

The Hechinger Report

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. The federal government spends roughly $50 per student on STEM education each year and only 5 cents on social studies.