give us a chance to think about what history teaching is and why it’s so hard. Many have tried to make history education engaging and meaningful, relying on every tool from radio to role-playing.

In addition to the problems with simulations, the SPLC report found that the U.S. education system fails ... project that produced the "Teaching Hard History" report. Instead, primary source ...

Now, as a senior, I have had to educate the rest of my class on Black history that our ... When we send young U.S. soldiers abroad, how many of them know why they’re fighting beyond a nebulous ...

My daughter hates her AP U.S. history class. She hates studying for the Advanced Placement exams in early May. That’s not because she’s a bad student. It’s because she’s a good student.

But, at other times, I talk about key politicians who use class as a way to mobilize political divisions or to accentuate political divisions in our country. Our history forces us to confront ...

When I was in high school here in Duval County several years back, I had an African American teacher for my U.S. history class. I remember the class very well, because of that which was taught and ...