When high school students in a Connecticut district study World War II in the coming year, they will learn about more than just the typical hallmarks like Japanese American detention camps.

In today’s classrooms, teaching Black history has become a challenge at best—and a dangerous proposition at worst. In many states, politicians have demanded teachers alter their curriculum over fears ...

Nearly a quarter century after the meltdown of a national effort to set history standards, two federal agencies are putting a toe back into troubled curricular waters: determining what history and ...

Let's look now at how political debate is also impacting students and educators when it comes to teaching Black history. Black History Month has been celebrated in some form for nearly a century. But, ...

Version 1.0, Last Updated March 21, 2023. This guide was adapted by Professor Christopher Carlsmith (History Department) from a document prepared by Assistant Professor Katherine Flowers (English ...

Associate Professor of History Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor will never forget the first time she heard a student use the N-word. It was in 2010, in a class about the Civil War and the period surrounding ...

Somerset, Massachusetts / / December 6, 2025 / CRF Publishing LLC Key Takeaways: American political polarization follows ...

Mr. Trump and MAGA, and closer to home, Mr. DeSantis, make concerted attempts to rewrite or delete the ugly and bad parts ...

Every effective American teacher seeks the trust of society, of parents, and of the young people they teach. Public education as a whole depends on these bonds of trust. Our divisive politics ...

Although you wouldn't know it from recent headlines about raucous school board meetings and banned books, teaching history isn't always divisive. Three social entrepreneurs — all Encore.org Innovation ...

Three conservative groups have proposed model legislation that would dramatically change faculty tenure paths, teaching loads ...