Who won the Civil War? Is your answer based on “facts” or your, or someone else’s, interpretation? Last month the State Board of Education reviewed and voted upon social studies standards, which ...

One of the many reasons I was happy not to go to the American Historical Association annual meeting is that I am starting a new job at a very different institution than the one at which I have worked ...

Teachers across the country are now working to implement the Common Core State Standards in English/language arts, which require that all students learn to make interpretations of texts. The standards ...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Michael Serota of Georgetown Law School’s Street Law Clinic says that engaging Americans on the topic of constitutional interpretation is central to the development of ...

In October 1963, James Baldwin delivered his now-famous “Talk to Teachers” before a group of educators in New York. “Let’s begin,” he said, “by saying we are living through a very dangerous time.” ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “Education is what remains after we have forgotten what we learned.” – B.F. Skinner When I would tell the seniors in my humanities seminar that the ...

College and university faculty are expected to be excellent teachers. In public, college leaders emphasize to potential students and their parents that at their institution, teaching matters above all ...