A program in New Mexico highlights the contributions of women through historical markers. Seventh grader Raffi Paglayan ...

The University of Mississippi's Declaration of Independence Center teaches students about founding documents as surveys show ...

The new standards the board voted for on Thursday offer deeper analysis of the topic, guidelines for specific courses, material for students with special needs and paves the way to find textbooks that ...

Readers respond to an article about how the teaching of U.S. history is changing. Also: Democratic pragmatism; emergency care ...

Public schools across the country are directing teachers to use curriculum resources from a nonprofit that teaches American history through the lens of racial and sexual oppression. The Zinn Education ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The landscape of Black history education in Florida has been shifting, with teachers adapting their lesson plans to align with new state standards. In 2023, Florida updated its ...

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 ...

In 1777, Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery, and the state generally prides itself on this history. But as I have learned from preparing teachers there to teach Black history, that ...

Some historians criticized the new benchmarks for softening the reputation of anti-communist Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who fueled a “Red Scare” of infiltration of communism in the U.S. in the 1950s that ...

THE educational system of any nation is the most fundamental bedrock of her development, enlightenment and progress. Nelson ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the long-lost cemeteries of enslaved people, the statues of ...

Darla Stone, a fourth-grade teacher at Beartooth Elementary School in her hometown of Billings, was recognized Friday at the ...