5+ hour, 37+ min ago  (281+ words) Education policy maven Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute think tank offers straight talk on matters of policy, politics, research, and reform. Read more from this blog. Rick: We're celebrating the nation's 250th anniversary at a time of intense polarization…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (373+ words) The public comment period is now open for Oklahoma's proposed new academic standards for social studies that do not include several concepts championed by former state Superintendent Ryan Walters. As posted to the Oklahoma State Department of Education's website, the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (269+ words) Parents have good reason to hope their children will learn to speak civilly and productively with those across political or ideological divides, and educators want this for their students. It is my strong belief, though, that to deliver these skill…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (719+ words) Policymakers on both sides of the aisle agree: Students need access to civics education. But the best ways to teach the subject'especially amid current events like political violence and the deployment of the National Guard across the country'remain a source…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1749+ words) Last school year, Massachusetts teacher Andrew Swan started to feel like the assignments he had long relied on to illustrate how government works for his students were falling short. "It was meant to guide the students to seeing the Constitution…...