Virginia’s Governor Threatens History Lessons

For two years, new education standards for history and social science classes have been drafted in a public process. As those new standards come up for formal adoption, the Virginia Department of Education under Gov. Glenn Youngkin has proposed their own revisions, in consultation with Hillsdale College, proponents of the right wing 1776 Curriculum.
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Historians on Call

H-PAD is mobilizing its member historians to oppose the right-wing’s lies and distortions about what is and what is not being taught in schools and to stand up for educational freedom.
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#TeachTruth Syllabus

We offer this #TeachTruthSyllabus as a gesture of defiance and education. The Right would be happy to keep the conversation at the level of obfuscation, divorced from reality and history. We, on the other hand, want to talk about the truth — the truth about our past and present, the truth about our classrooms and curricula.
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Georgia Educators: Share Your Story

People’s history was made in Georgia on December 6 when Sen. Raphael Warnock was re-elected to the U.S. Senate thanks to grassroots organizing efforts. Share your stories of teaching people’s history lessons and the resistance you may face in doing so.
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