August 10, 2021

Video: "Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

National Association of Scholars

Mark Bauerlein and Brian Jay Jones join NAS to discuss Washington Irving's classic stories, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle.

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August 10, 2021

Ethnic Studies Takes CA Community Colleges By Storm

David Acevedo

Education in the Golden State has been a roller coaster. In the latest loop-the-loop, the CCC Governing Board is requiring an ethnic studies course for all students seeking an associate's degree.

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August 9, 2021

Strides in Civics Education Reform

David Randall

It's time for a progress report on the movement to reform civics education. How have reform bills fared? How have reformers succeeded by means other than state laws?

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August 5, 2021

Hillsdale Weighs In, Three New Pledges, and a Host of Small Victories

David Randall

Click to read the tenth issue of Resolute, our Civics Alliance newsletter informing you about the most urgent issues in civics education.

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August 4, 2021

Nomination of Catherine Lhamon Fails Senate Committee Vote

Teresa R. Manning

In an astonishing turn of events, the Senate Committee on Education fails to garner enough votes to appoint Lhamon to her former position at the Office of Civil Rights.

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August 3, 2021

Video: 1800-1840: The Second Great Awakening

National Association of Scholars

Watch this webinar to learn what sparked the Second Great Awakening, its effects on America's culture, and how it strengthened the role of Protestant denominations in the political sphere.

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August 3, 2021

“Compromise” on Action Civics Doesn’t Work

David Acevedo

Why the Fordham Institute’s action civics olive branch is a grave error.

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July 29, 2021

Critique of the Fordham Institute's "The State of State Standards for Civics and U.S. History in 2021"

David Randall

In its review of state history and civics standards, the Fordham Institute has embraced Action Civics for the sake of compromise. This is a grave mistake.

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July 29, 2021

The American Regime and Its Moral Ground

Hadley Arkes

Lincoln reminded us that the Union, the American republic, was older than the Constitution. The Constitution was made, as it said, for “a more perfect Union.”

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July 28, 2021

The Moment in 1986 When Critical Race Theory Ousted the Civil Rights Movement

Eric Felten

Critical race theory came into its own by accusing friends and colleagues of racism. Should it be any surprise that critics of CRT should find themselves accused of racism too?

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