Every February, I remind Education Week readers that the forefather of Black History Month, Carter G. Woodson, meant for the occasion to be a time when schools and communities would celebrate the ...

Scores in U.S. history and civics for eighth-graders are down across the U.S., according to recent results from the assessment known as the "Nation's Report Card." This year's history scores are the ...

As a researcher and scholar of Black history education, an international speaker, and the director of the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the University at Buffalo, I ...

Throughout centuries, the lavish chronicles of royals, books written on stained, frayed parchment, antique pieces of preserved newspapers, and tattered diaries of the humble commoners have bestowed ...

As an accomplished teacher, emerging educational historian and rigorous scholar, PhD graduate Derek LeFebre demonstrates exemplary passion and commitment to his work. A Colorado native raised in ...

Whether because he wished to make sure that his friends among the contractors should continue to receive school-building contracts, or because he wished to provide the imbecile proportion of Chicago’s ...