Welcome to Teacher’s live chat. I’m Rich Shea, executive editor of the magazine, and today we’re chatting with Paul Watkins, author of eight novels and two memoirs and teacher of history and creative ...

An April 6 Facebook video features a man speaking into a microphone about the public school system. "Why does the public education system not teach the Declaration of Independence?" the man asks. The ...

Mike Evans knew something had to change. As the lead instructor for American Government 1101 at Georgia State University in 2021, Evans had watched his students over the years show up with fewer facts ...

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

Some raised questions about what power Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters has to mandate specific curriculum after he issued a directive requiring schools to incorporate the Bible into ...

WASHINGTON — Is this story trustworthy? That’s a question The Poynter Institute says students need to be taught to answer themselves. Poynter believes one of the most effective ways to combat false ...

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What’s it like to be teaching about elections in an unprecedented election year? Smith professors Anna Mwaba ’10 and Howard Gold have occupied just such a front-row seat to history in their courses ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 25, 2020) – The MediaWise Voter Project, a nonprofit and nonpartisan program of The Poynter Institute that aims to teach digital literacy skills to first-time voters in the ...

Over the last few years, hardly a week has passed without the news providing compelling evidence of the current impact of a changing climate. From the 2018 Paradise fire in California through this ...