Education Week

I Train Teachers to Teach Black History. Here’s What I’ve Learned

In 1777, Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery, and the state generally prides itself on this history. But as I have learned from preparing teachers there to teach Black history, that ...
NPR

How teaching Black history in schools became a national controversy

Across the country, there are ongoing controversies over how and if Black history should be taught in classrooms. Protests have ensued after a Missouri based school board dropped elective Black ...
WLRN

'I refuse to teach lies': Why one Black History teacher is taking a break

Miami Norland Senior High School teacher Renee O’Connor in her classroom on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. Back in February of 2022, Renee O’Connor was a finalist to be Miami-Dade County Public School’s ...
UNESCO

General History of Africa: UNESCO completes pioneering historical oeuvre and launches new educational resources

Launched in 1964 by UNESCO and several newly independent African states, the General History of Africa project is the result of more than 60 years of research.
NPR

Oklahoma restricted how race can be taught. So these Black teachers stepped up

TULSA, Okla. — The schoolchildren arrived at the community center's cafeteria on a Saturday morning, their parents in tow. Some adults came without children, because they, too, wanted to learn the ...