ED Surge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For a long portion of their history, education schools 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.

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K-12 Advocacy High School Teaching 119

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2024

These are tuition-free opportunities for K–12 educators to study a variety of humanities topics. The institutes featured below are a few of the ones that could be of interest to people’s history educators. Each year, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funds summer institutes for teachers.

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K-12 Geography American History History 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The study, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning , was produced by researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. The researchers created 56 tasks for students in 12 states, and collected 7,804 student responses from January 2015 until June 2016.

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Civics Advocacy Elementary School Middle School 112

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education 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.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

Yet for the first time since the NAEP began testing students on civics some 35 years ago, the country has a clear path forward to improving civics and history education. Parents and voters across the political spectrum support more money for civic education.

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Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 129

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education 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. Attend meetings, vote, run for office.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The news literacy initiative is based in the Stanford History Education Group that Wineburg founded in 2002 to train teachers how to use primary sources and help students critically evaluate historical claims.

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K-12 Primary Sources Civics Social Studies 97

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 25, 2024

His piece, “Israel’s War on Gaza Is Also a War on History, Education, and Children,” connects the attacks in the United States on teaching about race and gender to Israel’s attacks on children, schools, and historical memory in Palestine. Source: Denver Post Through U.S.

Human Rights 144

Human Rights Humanities K-12 History 144

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

This year, from Seattle, Washington, to Miami, Florida, and many towns and cities in between, educators will host more than 170 grassroots events on Saturday, June 8 and throughout the month. Here are highlights from the remarks. I was teaching for critical thinking. T hey accused me of indoctrinating students.

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Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

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 Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba As a rural K–12 school, we rarely get opportunities to connect with students and teachers from urban schools in our province.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

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 current state of social studies education in K-12 education presents both a challenge and an opportunity.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Below are resources to help students probe the long history of colonialism and resistance in Palestine and Israel, the role that our own government has played — and to imagine what justice looks like. Toolkit to Defend K-12 Educators and Librarians Against False Accusations of Antisemitism compiled by Nora Lester Murad and Alice Rothchild.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Before officially launching Vermilion in March, Adams had worked for his alma mater, Hillsdale — a private Christian college in Michigan dedicated to “classical” education, hard-right political advocacy, and spreading its education model nationwide.

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Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 142