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Educators seek more time, resources to prepare tomorrow's citizens for democracy
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (383+ words) If you are an educator or school staff in New York state and a member of your local union, it's a good chance you are also a member of NYSUT, the statewide union. As we approach the nation's 250th anniversary, NYSUT…...
History Lessons Schools Don't Want You to Know
20+ hour, 46+ min ago (1712+ words) By Adam Garcia | Published 14 seconds ago Every classroom has its blind spots. Teachers follow approved curricula, textbooks skip uncomfortable chapters, and school boards prefer the sanitized version of events." But history doesn't cooperate with political comfort zones. The real stories'the…...
Legislators need civics education
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (192+ words) The Marysville Advocate Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed House Bill 2412 providing the following explanation: "I concur with legislators who believe that citizen knowledge of and involvement in our democratic process at the local, state and federal level should be emphasized…...
Third Graders Bring Missouri History to Life
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (319+ words) NEMOnews Media Group By Emilie Rumble The community at large enjoyed an evening of learning about some of the famous Missourians from the past during the annual 3rd Grade Missouri History Night held at Knox County Elementary School on Tuesday evening,…...
From the classroom to the Constitution
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (335+ words) Madison magazine: Can you talk about your Madison Experience and how it helped launch your career? " Phil Bigler (70, 74 M) Another thing Ive always said about being a teacher is you have to be optimistic. If youre not, youre in the wrong…...
Methodist prodigy became a maestro | UMNews. org
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1324+ words) By Sam Hodges May 1, 2026 | DALLAS (UM News) Charles H. Webb was a cradle Methodist, and he was barely out of his cradle when he began dazzling church folk and others with his piano and organ playing. He first performed in public…...
West Chester University students bring history to life ahead of America's 250th anniversary
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (40+ words) The exhibit "Becoming America in West Chester" opens to the public on May 1, showcasing months of research, design, and hands-on work. Wakisha Bailey reports. West Chester University students bring history to life ahead of America's 250th anniversary...
Seeing the past through fresh eyes, Oak Bay students explore local history
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (307+ words) Published 5: 45 am Friday, May 1, 2026 Grade 4 and 5 students at Glenlyon Norfolk in Oak Bay presented their Canadian Heritage Fair projects at the Royal BC Museum. (Nishadini Fonseka/ Victoria News) Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft,…...
Iowa House passes bill mandating American government, history courses at public colleges
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (639+ words) CAPTION & CREDIT: Iowa State University campus; EQ Roy/Shutterstock The Iowa state House recently passed a bill mandating that the state's public universities add two introductory civics courses " one on American government and the other on American history. It has…...
Breyer makes case for civic education " Harvard Gazette
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (651+ words) Justice Stephen Breyer (right) with Martin West. Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer argued that civic education could help reduce polarization and strengthen citizenship during a forum at the Ed School last month. "We are in sort of a period…...