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How a Parkway West teacher prepares students to be mindful voters and media consumers
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (481+ words) Students at Parkway West High School play Rock, Paper, Scissors for pieces of bubble gum. It's part of teacher Rachel Money's lesson on private ownership and how wealth can be redistributed. Money uses the innovative exercises to help students understand…...
Promoting Civic Literacy for America's 250th
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (1773+ words) America's 250th comes amid a deep literacy decline with profound democratic consequences. As literacy declines in America, what happens to democracy? This essay explores how falling reading levels, digital media, and the loss of "deep literacy" threaten self-government and the foundations…...
Wake schools plans lessons around 'America 250"
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (126+ words) The Wake County Public School System is preparing to help students reflect on the United States' 250th birthday. It's the latest of numerous planned celebrations and commemorations in North Carolina and beyond ahead of the July 4, 2026, anniversary of the signing of…...
Elementary students turn history into art
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (71+ words) FOX5 Vegas Elementary students turn history into art Gearing up for growth of manufacturing jobs across Las Vegas Vegas Golden Knights vs Utah Mammoth Game 4 watch party at Fontainbleau AMPLIFIED: Vegas sports scene heats up with Knights playoffs, Aces preseason, Raiders…...
SFUSD could get new history and social studies textbooks
2+ day, 1+ min ago (754+ words) SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su said that updating textbooks offers an opportunity to make "sure that we are setting our students up for success today and into the future." For the first time in 20 years, the San Francisco Unified School District'will…...
Penn should teach students to improve America, not dismantle it
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (702+ words) The Daily Pennsylvanian Penn should teach students to improve America, not dismantle it Guest Column | Penn's curriculum fosters destructive cynicism rather than cultivating productive citizens Over my four years at Penn, I have participated in countless discussions in my humanities…...
From page to performers: Lander students reimagine history
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (972+ words) Members of Lander University's Living History Troupe bring the Declaration of Independence to life during a performance at Ninety Six National Historic Site. Back row, from left: Gavin Perrone, Dante Santangelo, Frank Rausch, Patrick Haynes, Miah Thomson and Samantha Warren....
Students say civics classes miss mark
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (1404+ words) (At podium --- left to right) Student Advisory Panel members Mariella Kho and Shreya Raman, and Vice chair Emilio Saenz. Last month, the Arizona State Board of Education's Student Advisory Panel presented its analysis of civics and financial literacy education across…...
Mindless: Decolonisation Is Rewriting History in Schools
4+ day, 46+ min ago (347+ words) Dr. Bella d'Abrera, a founder of History Reclaimed, discusses her new book on the ideological indoctrination of children and young people in the school systems of the Anglosphere. Across the Anglosphere, a common pattern is emerging across our nations. History…...
Oklahoma educators raise concerns about new social studies standards
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (10+ words) The Oklahoman...