June 18, 2021

Tracking American Civics Legislation

David Randall

UPDATED: We're tracking every proposed American civics education bill, both on the federal and state level, and have organized our data here for public use.

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June 18, 2021

A Response to the “Joint Statement on Legislative Efforts to Restrict Education about Racism and American History”

Peter Wood

The twenty states that have begun the work to strengthen American civics and history education and ban “divisive concepts” based on race and sex stereotypes are preventing the imposition o......

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June 17, 2021

Video: Fighting for Academic Freedom in America, Canada, and Britain

National Association of Scholars

We spoke with leaders in the fight for academic freedom from the United States, Canada, and Britain. Watch to learn how professors should fight back against censorship of "problemat......

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June 16, 2021

Scholars Applaud the Foreign Funding Accountability Act

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars supports the Foreign Funding Accountability Act, a newly proposed bill that would amend Section 117 of the HEA.

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June 15, 2021

Florida Turns Up the Heat on Foreign Influence

David Acevedo

Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a pair of bills targeting malign foreign influence in Florida higher education—House Bill 7017 and House Bill 1523.

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June 11, 2021

Event: Fighting for Academic Freedom in America, Canada, and Britain

National Association of Scholars

Join the National Association of Scholars on Thursday, June 17th, at 2 pm ET for a webinar event as we speak with leaders in the fight for academic freedom from the United States, Canada, an......

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June 9, 2021

Texas Passes H.B. 3979, Attorneys General Oppose CRT, and Some Local Victories

David Randall

Click to read the sixth issue of Resolute, our new Civics Alliance newsletter informing you about the most urgent issues in civics education.

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June 8, 2021

Video: 1803

National Association of Scholars

Watch our webinar discussion on the motivations and effects of the Lewis & Clark expedition.

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June 8, 2021

1815: The Miracle at New Orleans

National Association of Scholars

Join NAS and our commentators, Donald Hickey, Brian Kilmeade, and Joseph F. Stoltz, on June 22nd at 2 pm ET as we discuss the final battle of the War of 1812.

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June 8, 2021

The Federal Student Loan System is to Blame for the Debt Crisis

David Acevedo

How a program intended to increase educational access has hurt American students.

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A Portrait of Claireve Grandjouan

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The Academic's Roadmap

By all means, pursue your noble dream of improving the condition of humanity through your research and teaching. Could I do it all again, I would, but I would do things very differently....

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Ohio Northern University gnaws its teeth with an appetite for vindictive lawfare....

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...