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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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Digging Up Rural Roots: The Source at the Library of Congress

NCHE

Since 2021, the National Council for History Education has partnered with the Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources program on a nationwide program, “The Rural Experience in America”.

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One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten 

The Hechinger Report

A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. Washington State has been the leader in that area, Spikes said, having passed legislation in 2019 that set aside funds for media literacy education.

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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.

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The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning is hiring a new team member!

ASHP CML

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.

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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. million to $23 million as grants available to states.

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

In my capacity as a secondary history educator, I strategically incorporated a Democracy Now! Share your teaching story and we’ll send you a free copy of War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine by Norman Solomon.