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Grandmother’s 1960s AAVE Guide Resurfaces, Offering Rare Look at Black Language History
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (407+ words) A decades-old language guide once used in American classrooms is drawing renewed attention after an 85-year-old retired teacher shared her experience preserving the document for nearly 60 years. The guide, focused on African American Vernacular English (AAVE), was originally distributed in…...
Supreme Court offers a civics program for students
12+ hour, 22+ min ago (475+ words) The Supreme Court of New Mexico launched a program in 2021 to help young people learn about our system of justice and the role of courts in resolving legal disputes. The concept of the Rule of Law Program was straightforward: We…...
Tennessee debating how history, and religion’s role in it, should be taught
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (35+ words) The legislation allows local education agencies, public charter schools and public colleges and universities to teach students about the role of religion in American history " specifically focusing on what the bill describes as the positive...
State BOE approves social studies textbooks
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (85+ words) MONTGOMERY" Alabama school systems can now begin selecting new social studies textbooks after the State Board of Education voted Thursday to adopt recommendations from a committee tasked with reviewing options. MONTGOMERY" " Alabama school systems can now begin selecting new social…...
Fight Over Math Standards Emerges in South Dakota
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (45+ words) The effort follows earlier battles over social studies and could spread to other states reviewing academic standards. Internet Explorer 11 is not supported Fight Over Math Standards Emerges in South Dakota Internet Explorer 11 is not supported Fight Over Math Standards Emerges…...
Promoting patriotism and dismantling the Education Department
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1679+ words) HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania "Linda McMahon is having fun. The education secretary, the 13th since the Cabinet department was founded during President Jimmy Carter's administration, has just left a classroom in Dauphin County doing the 2026 version of Schoolhouse Rock! with a class full…...
Read "Rediscovering Geography: New Relevance for Science and Society" at NAP.edu
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1575+ words) AAG. See Association of American Geographers (AAG) Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 209 Agricultural policy, global, 130 AIDS, 21, 24, 96 American Association for the Advancement of Science, 167 American Geographical Society, 12, 169, 218 Analysis of geographic data. See Display and analysis, technique of Association of American Geographers…...
Alabama Board of Education approves new Social Studies Textbooks
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (376+ words) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) " The Alabama State Board of Education has approved a new list of social studies textbooks for K-12 classrooms across the state following months of debate and review. The board voted 5-4 on March 12 to adopt recommendations from a state…...
“Beyond Loyalists and Patriots” Curriculum Workshop
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (170+ words) Explore the varied impact of the American Revolution on voices often stifled or erased from its commemorations. Through a mixer activity, participants will surface choices and outcomes navigated by an array of Indigenous and Black people in the Revolutionary period…...
Ask the expert: How we approach teaching Black history
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (781+ words) < Browse Stories By Explore stories by subject area These Spartans opened doors at MSU Spartans who have competed at the Olympic Games As February was Black History Month and this summer marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed,…...