The place is Boston Harbor, and the year is 1774, just after the Boston Tea Party. Your job as colonial sailors forced into ...

Issues of education are being brought to the national stage by politicians who are trying to limit and censor the ways Black history is taught in schools. From dictating language to avoid — words such ...

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 ...

Our baseless assumption that young kids can't handle learning about the past is undermining efforts to improve history and civics education. Two recent initiatives bring much-needed attention to the ...

We just finished celebrating July 4. Year 249 of our nation. I am concerned how little our citizens know of our history.

The majority of responses to TikToker Taylor Cassidy’s video on Martin Luther King Jr. start with “I had no idea” or “I didn’t know that.” Cassidy, who has over 2 million followers, hosts a Fast Black ...

The U.S. first had a federal education department in 1867 — not 1979. Its history is critical in understanding the federal ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The announcement follows a new report which revealed a sharp decrease in the teaching of art history to UK teeangers ...