Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black History Month, which gets underway this week, is a chance to give Americans the timely reminder that you can’t teach our ...

Four recent news columns/articles stimulated me to think about the teaching of United States history: A syndicated piece by George Will described former Harvard University president Drew Gilpin ...

I feel for all the teachers out there. Think about this, from a teacher’s perspective: From kindergarten on, we teach our students not to lie, to tell the truth, to not call others stupid, to not make ...

Editor’s Note: Khalil Gibran Muhammad is the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard University, an organizer of the Freedom to Learn movement and co-host of the Some ...

Republican lawmakers are introducing legislation to ban books, discourage teachers from dealing with unpleasant events in American history, and hold schools liable if students are caused discomfort as ...