War on History Education

War on History Education

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Academic Freedom and Open Discourse - UNC Press Blog
Academic Freedom and Open Discourse - UNC Press Blog
Two of UNC Press's Canadian authors, Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva,, both respected university scholars who have been critical of US policy on Palestine, had their US visas revoked, barring them from entering the country for a bookstore event
Academic Freedom and Open Discourse - UNC Press Blog
Resigning from and to the MLA (Guest Post)
Resigning from and to the MLA (Guest Post)
High school teachers might not be aware of the academic earthquakes shaking the foundations of disciplinary institutions, this is a detailed description of the MLA's fight over a vote on BDS support statement on Gaze
Resigning from and to the MLA (Guest Post)
A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
Book that illustrates efforts by U.S., state legislatures–passing bills that channel public dollars to private schools. These voucher schemes promise to transfer billions from state treasuries to upper-income families and dismantle public education
A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
Moms for Liberty | Moms for Liberty
Moms for Liberty | Moms for Liberty
Home site of the organization that advocates against school curricula that mention LGBTQ rights, race and ethnicity, critical race theory, and discrimination. Multiple chapters have also campaigned to ban books that address gender and sexuality from school libraries.
Moms for Liberty | Moms for Liberty
America's Censored Classrooms - PEN America
America's Censored Classrooms - PEN America
State by state summary of the war on history. This year, proposed educational gag orders have increased 250 percent compared to 2021.
America's Censored Classrooms - PEN America
Why Midshipmen Must Study History | Proceedings - December 2022 Vol. 148/12/1,438
Why Midshipmen Must Study History | Proceedings - December 2022 Vol. 148/12/1,438
Tom McCarthy, the Chair of the History department published an essay in December that will help teachers in conversations with board members and parents. Our efforts to confront the past on its terms and not ours is shared by the leadership of the preeminent military academy of the United States. Your teaching is not radical, it’s consistent with a conservative and pragmatic service academy.
Why Midshipmen Must Study History | Proceedings - December 2022 Vol. 148/12/1,438
Opinion | The Dangerous Decline of the Historical Profession - The New York Times
Opinion | The Dangerous Decline of the Historical Profession - The New York Times
The reality of the numbers shared here makes the out come of the "war on history" almost certain, and it has nothing to do with the success of those trying to silence exploration of the past. it has everything to do with the fact that no one will be paid doing it
Opinion | The Dangerous Decline of the Historical Profession - The New York Times
America's Censored Classrooms - PEN America
America's Censored Classrooms - PEN America
Educational gag orders have increased 250 percent compared to 2021. Thirty-six different states have introduced 137 gag order bills in 2022 - This research documents many of the attacks against learning about the past
America's Censored Classrooms - PEN America
Rand Corporation: Walking on Eggshells—Teachers' Responses to Classroom Limitations on Race- or Gender-Related Topics: Findings from the 2022 American Instructional Resources Survey | RAND
Rand Corporation: Walking on Eggshells—Teachers' Responses to Classroom Limitations on Race- or Gender-Related Topics: Findings from the 2022 American Instructional Resources Survey | RAND
This research measures and documents the degree to which the war on history is succeeding in shaping a public understanding of the past.
Rand Corporation: Walking on Eggshells—Teachers' Responses to Classroom Limitations on Race- or Gender-Related Topics: Findings from the 2022 American Instructional Resources Survey | RAND
Active Educational Gag Order Legislation | AAUP
Active Educational Gag Order Legislation | AAUP
Like the PEN America catalog, the American Association of University Professors are also keeping track of laws changing the way history is taught
Active Educational Gag Order Legislation | AAUP
Judd Legum on Twitter: "UPDATE: On February 1, the @CollegeBoard issued a press release claiming it had IRONCLAD PROOF that revisions to the AP African American Studies course were not influenced by Florida. THAT PRESS RELEASE HAS NOW BEEN DELETED FROM IT
Judd Legum on Twitter: "UPDATE: On February 1, the @CollegeBoard issued a press release claiming it had IRONCLAD PROOF that revisions to the AP African American Studies course were not influenced by Florida. THAT PRESS RELEASE HAS NOW BEEN DELETED FROM IT
Judd Legum on Twitter: "UPDATE: On February 1, the @CollegeBoard issued a press release claiming it had IRONCLAD PROOF that revisions to the AP African American Studies course were not influenced by Florida. THAT PRESS RELEASE HAS NOW BEEN DELETED FROM IT
LISTEN Carefully to his Words. I’ve never previously recommended on my… | by Wesley Fryer | Apr, 2023 | Medium
LISTEN Carefully to his Words. I’ve never previously recommended on my… | by Wesley Fryer | Apr, 2023 | Medium
The connection between the war on history and education is clear in the language of the right. This article is worth reading. Teachers and educators keeping their focus on only the minutia of the attack on their disciplines, with vouchers, abolished tenure and social studies standards should know the forces driving all of these intiatives
LISTEN Carefully to his Words. I’ve never previously recommended on my… | by Wesley Fryer | Apr, 2023 | Medium