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Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. Officials from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation say these results point to longstanding problems with the way American history is taught in schools.
Civic education is the cornerstone of a functioning democracy, yet recent evaluations reveal significant gaps in how it is taught across the nation. High-quality civics and U.S. history instruction is essential for developing informed, engaged citizens who can navigate the complexities of modern society.
We're excited to announce that Toyosi Dada, a graduating senior at Towson HighSchool, has been awarded the 2024 Students of History Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship, which has been awarded each year since 2017, recognizes a college-bound senior who has excelled in historyeducation.
At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! They were students when Smithfield’s Red Brick school closed, and he would enjoy their story.” What’s the name of that young lady who did a history project about Dickson Mounds? Hey, will you have Cooper call me?
A student, who would only be in my class for less than a month before transferring, asked it during my third year of teaching and my first year teaching a highschoolhistory class. Like many history teachers, I love the subject I teach—the events, the historical figures, and the stories they leave behind.
Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that highschool students can earn upon graduation.
A 2019 report from the Stanford HistoryEducation Group found that highschool students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. After 40 years of teaching English to highschool students in New Jersey, Olga Polites knows how critical media literacy education is in today’s digital age.
For a long portion of their history, educationschools didn’t have to think much about recruitment. “We We just said, ‘Here we are, come, we’re ready for you,’” says Stan Harward, the associate dean of Utah Valley University’s College of Education. Or read a partial transcript, edited for clarity, below.
In this election year, the Zinn Education Project developed an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display to raise awareness about the growing threat of anti-historyeducation laws and book bans.
Ankita Ajith is one of four college-age friends who are petitioning the Texas State Board of Education to create an antiracist American history curriculum. In July, Ajith and three of her friends testified before the Texas State Board of Education, demanding changes to the way students are taught.
Fewer than 20 percent of highschool students knew that simply looking at one photo online is not enough research to gauge if something is really happening. And among middle school students, 80 percent did not understand that “sponsored content” on a news organization’s website is paid advertising.
It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We’d subscribe to feeds and listen to podcasts from the U.S.
The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning is hiring a new team member! Tuesday, March 5, 2024 - 14:23 The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning is hiring a new team member! Professional Level: Advanced Education: Advanced degree in U.S.
I will be sharing the evening with Essdack consultant and KCSS past president Glenn Wiebe, current KCSS vice president TJ Warsnak, highschool social studies rock star Derek Schutte, and Institute for Curriculum Services Consultant Erika Lowery. I’m especially excited about my own session on February 16th!
For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-historyeducation bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. The teacher-led rallies received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement.
While right-wing legislatures restrict the teaching of Black history, we are pleased to support teachers who work to teach truthfully about U.S. In a class with teachers , Delmont explained the relevance of learning this history. Courtney Bennis HighSchool Social Studies Teacher, Virginia Beach, Virginia A huge “Thank you!”
For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-historyeducation bills. The educator-led events received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement. Learn how at HEAL Together classes.)
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With thousands of teachers using Zinn Education Project lessons each year, we hear amazing stories about the impact these lessons have in the classroom. History students. Paradoxically, teaching people’s history leaves more room for hope than any other educational framework. Here are just a few.
Our education system is failing to educate the next generation to face the challenges of our times. To fix this, we need to deepen our investments in civics and history instruction, bolstered by an emphasis on critical thinking skills. Related: What do classroom conversations about race, identity and history really look like?
Chicago students organized “peace talks” at highschools across the city in the wake of a walkout protest demanding a ceasefire to the war in Gaza in January 2024. history young people have protested to demand justice in the United States and around the world. Source: Denver Post Through U.S.
The University published the following survey of the results: A new national study by Stanford researchers showing a woeful inability by high schoolers to detect fake news on the internet suggests an urgent need for schools to integrate new tools and curriculum into classrooms that boost students’ digital skills, the study’s authors say.
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history and to restrict students’ ability to ask questions and think critically. Textbooks and high-stakes testing have also long distorted curricula. In this election year, that is why educators are hosting more than 170 events to challenge the media silence and encourage everyone to defend the freedom to learn. Who and Where?
A group of more than 300 historians and education experts published their answer — a “ Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy.” This is particularly true for learning our history. The Educating for American Democracy project offers no clear guidance on which path is the right one. So what’s the alternative?
Jenna Saykhamphone, a senior at Annandale HighSchool in Fairfax County, Virginia, helped start an equity team at her highschool to fight stereotypes both inside and outside her school in suburban Washington, D.C. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. Credit: Christina A.
No doubt, there is a long history of violence in the region — including the Oct. One cannot understand this tragedy without acknowledging its history. While many education groups provide resources for teaching about the crisis as a “conflict” rooted in antisemitism and Islamophobia, that sole emphasis is misleading.
Last spring, when the odds seemed far longer, Bob Cousineau, a social studies teacher at Pennridge HighSchool, predicted that whatever happened in his embattled district would become a national “case study” one way or another. Bob Cousineau teaches social studies at Pennridge HighSchool, in Pennsylvania.
The crowd cheered at the idea that people like them — mostly white, mostly male — were the true heroes of American history. Highschool social studies teachers and scholars of American history don’t deny that the nation’s story is full of mobs, civil unrest and violence. Then they ransacked the Capitol.
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