The Teen Who Inspired Zaila Avant-Garde to Win the National Spelling Bee
The Washington Post wrote about the teen who inspired Zaila Avant-Garde, the first African American to win the national spelling bee. A 13-year-old girl from...
Category : History
Heather Cox Richardson: A History Lesson About Reconstruction and the Rights of Black People
Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian who teaches at Boston College. She writes an informative blog called “Letters from an American.” This one appeared...
The Life of Sally Hemings: An Exhibit at Monticello
Monticello was the home of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia. It is now a museum, which tells the story of Jefferson and the enslaved Sally Hemings....
Texas Historian: Yes, Teach Texas History: All of It!
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed a law (House Bill 2497) creating “The Texas 1836 Project,” intended to teach the true history of Texas and...
Justin Parmenter: North Carolina Tries to Control What Teachers Teach
NCBT Teacher Justin Parmenter writes here about the reaction of the Republican-controlled Legislature to their rampant fear that teachers might try to indoctrinate students into...
The 1619 Project: Essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones
A series of essays called The 1619 Project was published in August 2019 by The New York Times Magazine, the nation’s most prestigious newspaper. Its...
My View of the 1619 Project
When I grew up in Houston, Texas, I attended segregated public schools. Everything was segregated, including movie theaters, drinking foundations, churches, restaurants, public transit (the...
Criticisms of The 1619 Project
Criticism of The 1619 Project appeared soon after its publication. On the right, it was denounced as an unjustified, outrageous attack on traditional American values...
Billy Townsend: Florida’s State Commissioner Corcoran Is a Loser Who Wants to Indoctrinate Students with Lies
Billy Townsend doesn’t pull any punches. In this post, he tears into the State Commissioner for thinking he can indoctrinate the students of Florida with...
Billy Townsend: Jones High School in Florida Is Far Better Than the Deregulated, Unaccountable Voucher Schools That the State Prefers
Billy Townsend served as a school board member in Polk County, Florida. He now blogs about the schools in his state and takes aim at...