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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program (TPS). Today, NCHEs work focuses on three areas: professional learning, community building, and advocacy.

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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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What National Endowment for the Humanities Cuts Could Mean for Social Studies Teachers

Education Week - Social Studies

The agency made grants for professional development and supported nationwide history education programs. Now these offerings may disappear.

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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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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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