1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (10+ words) State Affairs...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (293+ words) I recently took an online history test with questions drawn from standardized tests for eighth-graders. I guess I did better than a lot of eighth-graders because I answered all the questions correctly but then I was a college history major…...

3+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (494+ words) In a few years, Regents exams will no longer be mandatory in order for high schoolers to earn a high school diploma in New York as new measures are put in place. The New York State Education Department said it…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (227+ words) History students from Terrington St Clement have seen important First World War locations for themselves as part of a school trip. St Clement’s High School sent 65 Year 9 students across to Belgium and France to explore battlefields from the conflict. The…...

3+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (261+ words) But in my classroom, I see something entirely different. Another student came to class directly from his overnight shift delivering packages. Though exhausted, he actively participated in class assignment discussions. These are moments we rarely hear about in political debates…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (65+ words) WNKY Social Media & Info Feel Good Friday: Kelley Paul Teaches Kids on U.S. History On your weekly edition of Feel Good Friday, brought to you by J.C. Kirby and Son, we learn more about Kelley Paul and how her books are teaching…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1087+ words) That is why social studies instruction matters so much. That kind of teaching does not happen by accident. It requires thoughtful planning, strong content knowledge, and a willingness to keep learning. Investing in professional learning for social studies teachers is…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (417+ words) “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”—Thomas Jefferson Let me provide a few quotes on education, mostly from our Founders. Some of them,…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (756+ words) If you’re like me, you may be anticipating problems with the May 31 Fifth Sunday lesson. It seems to me that a teacher could plan a simple, meaningful lesson to build unit cohesiveness as you celebrate the blessings of freedom together....