So much about the world is broken right now. The planet is boiling, inequality is skyrocketing, and government gridlock is more darkly comic than ever. The Hollywood industrial complex regurgitates ...

Dover Area School District lost a federal suit over its mandate requiring the teaching of religion in science 20 years ago. This week that lesson served a reminder to board members to check their ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—As students return to classrooms this fall, a new textbook revised by a Mississippi State veteran educator sheds new light on the Magnolia State’s history. Kenneth Anthony (Photo by ...

The teaching of history has become a flashpoint in the culture wars. But while the battle is fierce, it’s not new. An earlier round in the conflict in the 1920s — over the teaching of the American ...

Albert Broussard’s intention to capitalize one letter in one word may impact millions of children around the US and how they learn about race. Broussard, a longtime history textbook writer for McGraw ...

This past summer's uproar over "Try That in a Small Town," a song by country music star Jason Aldean, is over—but with the school year underway, the controversy over the song remains an instructive ...

Controversial Zinn Education Project curriculum adopted by 176,000+ teachers nationwide teaches American history through lens of racial oppression in public schools.

It is well-documented that U.S. history textbooks have provided a limited picture of the role race and ethnicity play in the American past and present. Figuring out how to remedy that, though, has ...

To learn more about The Alabama Education Lab and receive notifications about stories and events, sign up for its newsletter, Ed Chat. In the early 1990s, two Alabama historians tried to write ...