Every February, teachers get out their black history lesson plans. But some struggle with how to engage their students about important issues of race in America on a more regular basis. NPR's Jason ...

Ed Allison, standing outside Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, helped create the curriculum for the state’s African American history elective. He will be teaching Advanced Placement African ...

Texas is in the midst of another period when history feels contested. From debates over Critical Race Theory in the metroplex to legislation banning certain books, there have been intense conflicts ...

Sign up for the On Point newsletter here. American classrooms have been thrust into the debate about race and our country’s history. "This notion that somehow ...

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 ...

Native American Heritage Month, just concluded, represents an interesting tension for educators. There’s a drive to celebrate culture—and why not, when Native culture is so frequently overlooked or ...

Next week the world’s largest history organization is hosting a congressional briefing in Washington to share its findings from a two-year study that looked at, among other areas, the teaching methods ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. As a history teacher at High Point Central High School, Bruce Blackwell teaches about ...

It's no secret to anyone that Broadway musicals not only entertain all ages but are presented in a way that tells the story at key moments. Both the music and the staging combine to offer the audience ...

The students of Mike Bigelow's first-grade class light up when they're asked what they've learned about Asian American history and social studies this year. Ayansh Grover, 7, says he observes Hindu ...

Alice Lee, a history teacher at Eagle Rock Junior/Senior High School in L.A., taught virtually in 2020. Lessons have only become more contentious since then. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Next week ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. A sign at the slave quarters at Monticello, the plantation owned by Thomas Jefferson. A ...