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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). About the Teaching with Primary Sources Program (TPS) The Teaching with Primary Sources program has been the Library of Congresss premier educational outreach program.

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Charter school leaders should talk more about racism

The Hechinger Report

Property taxes are not only a key source of school district funding, they are the primary source of revenue for the communities they sit in. We have to address racism that leads to the devaluation of property, which robs families and districts of the money schools need to properly serve students. localities.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

In 2016, Ko was honored by the National Women’s History Museum for success and leadership in business. For further reading, visit jacl.org , the National Women’s History Museum , or the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies. Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese American computer programmer who founded Yahoo!

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How sexism and old-fashioned ideals hurt child care operators

The Hechinger Report

Maikko, 2, in pink, Terrance, 1, in red, and Nylah, behind Terrance, dance as their child care provider, Lorna Parks, foreground, claps during a visit by staffers from Detroit’s African-American History Museum. By comparison, 76 percent of the K12 teaching force is female, and 20 percent are people of color.).

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

The plan was to make it a museum that focuses on the history of Black Americans’ struggles both during and after enslavement. The Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba As a rural K12 school, we rarely get opportunities to connect with students and teachers from urban schools in our province. Thank you to Louis Riel School Division!

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

LaGarrett King, founder and director of the Center for K12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the University of Buffalo The controversies have had subtle reverberations for the classrooms in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia too. He adds that it’s not surprising that Black history classes make some people uncomfortable.

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