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ERIC Number: EJ1410128
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 9
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
EISSN: EISSN-1930-3653
Defending History: Educators Stand up to Protect Virginia's Social Studies Standards
Beau Dickenson; Brendan Gillis; Chris Jones
Social Education, v87 n6 p345-354 2023
In October 2022, the administration of Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin commissioned a secret rewrite of the state's History and Social Science Standards of Learning to replace the draft that the state Department of Education had developed through its own standards revision process. This unprecedented step galvanized supporters of public education and spurred them to action. The story of how Virginia's educators defended the curriculum on behalf of their students can serve as a model for teachers nationwide in the face of increased efforts to politicize history and social studies education.
National Council for the Social Studies. 8555 Sixteenth Street #500, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 800-683-0812; Tel: 301-588-1800; Fax: 301-588-2049; e-mail: membership@ncss.org; Web site: http://www.socialstudies.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Virginia
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A