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Students Give Hope'For the Country and Its Constitution
8+ hour, 38+ min ago (1748+ words) Young delegates model the civility and courage needed to tackle America's toughest constitutional challenges. A Model Constitutional Convention brought together 100 students to debate amendments, tackle political dysfunction, and inspire hope for America's democratic future. Finding a reason to be optimistic…...
Share My Lesson: Teaching America at 250
1+ day, 23+ min ago (247+ words) Teaching honestly about the nation's founding means celebrating its animating democratic ideals while acknowledging the contradictions embedded in them'such as that "all men are created equal" with "unalienable rights'as well as our continued struggles to implement them. Those contradictions and…...
Sen. Dan Lonowski: Public input needed on social studies standards
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (268+ words) District 33 Sen. Dan Lonowski of Hastings speaks on the floor of the Legislature. Nebraska's Social Studies Standards are currently undergoing an important revision process, with final adoption anticipated in September 2026. This effort began in January 2025 with a public input survey…...
Why Young People Need a Patriotic Education " The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (545+ words) In classrooms across America today, too many young people are being taught to view their country not as a force for good, but as a source of injustice. The heroes of history are recast as villains. National pride is replaced…...
Buckeye Students celebrate the nation's semiquincentennial
2+ day, 8+ min ago (693+ words) As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, schools across Buckeye Union School District are taking time to honor the nation's history, military service members and the meaning of being American through student performances, patriotic activities and community celebrations. Superintendent…...
Can civic and liberal education coexist? Why it matters for Atlanta's future leaders
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (685+ words) LATEST: Apply now for Fall 2026! Plato posed a question that still feels uncomfortably current: What kind of education forms a good citizen? That question framed a recent panel I joined at the Hoover Institution. We were asked whether civic education…...
Lynden School Board supports USA anniversary resolution
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (459+ words) LYNDEN " On May 28, the Lynden School Board voted 5-to-0 to approve a resolution to celebrate America's semiquincentennial. Two weeks prior, the board spent roughly 45 minutes discussing the verbiage and the direction of Resolution 10-26." This time, the board's discussion was shorter…...
Florida's new history course flunks as a tool for education
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (503+ words) Florida's academic take on US history got a failing grade last week from the world's largest group of professional historians, a report card that should trouble us all, regardless of political persuasion. The state-sponsored US history course that begins as…...
Black accomplishments 101 - American Thinker
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (14+ words) Black accomplishments 101 americanthinker. com If you experience technical problems, please write to [email'protected]...
Civics could bridge divides. Teachers fear crossing the line
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (128+ words) ALEXANDRIA, Va. " Kit Vontz mulled how others her age feel about the nation's future. Approvals for proof of citizenship by descent rose by more than 1, 000 per month so far this year, Canadian data shows. Teachers at Alexandria City High School…...