1+ week, 6+ day ago   (583+ words) There are fewer students continuing to study history in Year 12 than ever before. But that doesn’t mean they don’t value it....

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, 1+ week 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…...

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   (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,…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (154+ words) As we wrote about earlier, Mehdi Hasan said that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's superpower is convincing Republicans she's dumb and extreme. AOC is doing a great job of doing that. One example this week came in the form of the congresswoman…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (645+ words) As we gather this summer to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, I am reminded of Benjamin Franklin’s words, 11 years later, on the final day of the Constitutional Convention. Franklin was asked whether the Founders…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (515+ words) Students and faculty at Unity Christian School bow their heads in a moment of prayer during the school’s 250th anniversary celebration of the United States. Rose Hill sings the national anthem to conclude Unity Christian School‘s celebration of the United…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (335+ words) Madison magazine: Can you talk about your Madison Experience and how it helped launch your career? — Phil Bigler (’70, ’74M) Another thing I’ve always said about being a teacher is you have to be optimistic. If you’re not, you’re in the wrong…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (546+ words) MANCHESTER – Fireworks were the only thing missing from the Middle School’s celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary, but there were plenty of reasons to make some noise. On a recent Friday, all staff members chipped in to make the students remember…...