For years, bands of educators have been trying to free history instruction from the mire of memorization and propel it instead with the kinds of inquiry that drive historians themselves. Now, the ...

First, they came with questions. Would there be a draft? Was this going to become World War III? What would an invasion of Ukraine mean for the United States? Then, as more and more information came ...

Black History Month dates back to 1969, when black educators and students proposed the idea at Kent State University in Ohio. Now, Black History Month is celebrated in a myriad ways, including in ...

S+B: Historians have, well, historically been content to leave current events to journalists. But you spend a lot of time writing, teaching, and thinking about what is happening now. How do you ...

TEXAS, USA — This story was first published in The Texas Tribune and can be viewed here. A new Texas curriculum seeks to captivate first-grade students with a lesson on Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s ...

WITH TWO WEEKS OF PROTESTS IN MILWAUKEE, ONE GROUP IS SHARING THE HISTORY OF DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE CITY. 12 NEWS’ DERRICK ROSE IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE -- MILWAUKEE WITH MORE ON THAT STORY.

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away from curriculums that are seen as too progressive. By Dana Goldstein In ...