Run, don't walk, to read Quynh Dang's dissertation on Vietnamese teachers' and students' conceptions of harmony and civic education--open access at the link. This is one of the best dissertations I've supervised. #sschat #harmony #Vietnam #civiceducation www.proquest.com/openview/521...

Coming in 2026🤞: Amy and I explore how we're recentering learning in our methods classes through reading, writing, and discussion--and doing away with digital technology.

Free publication (link in comments) supports educators teaching global citizenship education from Asia-Pacific perspectives, through concrete activities, stories, cases, examples, and instructional strategies. ##sschat #gce #globalcitizenshipeducation

If you're at the National Council for the Social Studies, come to Li-Ching Ho's and my presentation on teaching for hope! Saturday, Dec. 6, Room 201. #sschat #socialstudies #teachingsocialstudies @socialstudies.org

Great opportunity for high school social studies teachers in the United States! #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #historyteacher

If you like the @visionsofed.bsky.social podcast in which @alexandercuenca.bsky.social and I discuss my new book with Elizabeth Washington, you'll also like this @c4cpodcast.bsky.social with @liching22.bsky.social and myself. Check out their whole series! Let me know if you can't access it. #sschat

Episode 1_Critical Harmony: A Pathway to Social Justice and Global Citizenship Education_Insights from Keith Barton and Li-Ching Ho

Podcast Episode · Conversations 4 Citizenship · 03/21/2024 · 59m

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It’s going to be real tough to discuss Japanese American internment without saying something negative. All national parks now have this sign. Sanitizing crimes and erasing memory is one more step towards a white supremacist version of history.

Free open access book! Link in comments. #socialstudies #peaceeducation #socialeducation #globaleducation

In my department

Cuts at the NSF decimate research team at IU

For researchers at IU, cuts at the National Science Foundation means not only the end of their projects but sometimes the end of their jobs.

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"Rebuilding a Democracy in Ruins," including chapters by LaGarrett King and Richard Williams, Li-Ching Ho Tricia Seow and Xian Hui Tan, Jennifer Hauver, Kristen Duncan, Jillian Carter Ford, Kathryn Ellerhoff Engebretson, and Alexandria Hollett

Visions of Education @visionsofed.bsky.social · last yr.

🎙️NEW POD🎙️ Episode 213: The Future of Civic Education with @kcbarton.bsky.social & Alex Cuenca: visionsofed.com/2025/04/21/e... In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Drs. Barton and Cuenca about the new book, “The Future of Civic Education: Rebuilding a Democracy in Ruins.”

National History Day has been eliminated.

Head Start has been shut down in the Midwest (probably elsewhere too).

Executive director: Head Start office abruptly shut down

The Region 5 office of Head Start was abruptly closed and all federal staff were placed on administrative leave until June without warning, according to the Michigan Head Start Association.

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Li-Ching Ho and I just published this article on #hope and #historyteaching in the journal of the New South Wales History Teachers Association. DM for a higher-res version. #SSChat #iteachsocialstudies

Old stuff in Ireland

It is easy to feel powerless in the current moment, when political action seems too risky, too pointless, or both. But there are many things we can, and must, do if we want a better world than the one we’re caught up in now.

Social studies teachers (or history/social science teachers): Help me out with some ideas, even inspiration, by completing this sentence—“As social studies teachers, we…” (do what?) #sschat #iteachsocialstudies @edusky.bsky.social

Social studies teachers (or history/social science teachers): Help me out with some ideas, even inspiration, by completing this sentence—“As social studies teachers, we…” #sschat #iteachsocialstudies @edusky.bsky.social

Teachers and teacher-educators who are looking for hope in these troubled times might be interested in this webinar @liching22.bsky.social and I are doing next week on teaching for #hope. Everyone is welcome to join. @edusky.bsky.social #socialstudies #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #civiceducation

The early dreams about the internet focused on connecting people with each other Now tech companies are using the internet to keep us isolated and divided, talking to phantoms and absorbing lies

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Meta’s army of AI-powered “users” includes this “fiercely loyal mom” who bills herself as the “realest source for life’s ups and downs.” The account was created in Sept. 2023, and has more than 1,300 followers (although how many may be fellow bots, who knows?). www.instagram.com/himamaliv?ig...

I know this: Mark Pope is better at Xs and Os than John Calipari. (Also: Mark Few needs a new haircut.) #BBN

A cold day for activism at Indiana University on this 60th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley, but oppression knows no weather, and neither can resistance.

This. A hundred times this.

HERJ's cover captures what we're all about: research exploring how to enthuse children & young people 2 learn about the past & it's traces. If U haven't already, head over 2 our diamond open access @uclpress.bsky.social site - journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/. Join the conversatoin? #historyeducation

On @secnetwork.bsky.social Richard Hendrix said some people would consider Georgia State’s high-post offense “archaic,” and I’m here for that kind of vocabulary. It almost makes up for his pulling out “differential” in the first half.

Join Carole Hahn, Tracey Alviar-Martin, Jongsung Kim, and myself next Saturday, Dec. 7. at 1100 EST (US) as we discuss our experiences in international research in social studies education. Sponsored by the International Assembly of @ncssnetwork.bsky.social Registration at link.

NCSS IA Webinar

In this webinar, NCSS International Assembly members who have abundant experience in international comparative research in social studies education will answer the following questions: What are your ...

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Indiana University International and Comparative Education Online Master’s Degree Applications Now Open for 2025! This program develops practitioners & scholars who understand the economic, social, political, and cultural forces shaping schooling in regional, national, and international contexts.

International and Comparative Education: Academics: School of Education: Indiana University Bloomington

Earn a degree in International and Comparative Education from the IU School of Education. Learn about degree requirements, faculty and current students, and career opportunities for graduates.

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Democracy and Art exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

On the topic of the FASSE grant from @cufancss.bsky.social and @ncssnetwork.bsky.social : This fund dates back to the 1960s and was originally financed by a bequest from the estate of Mary Kelty, third woman president of NCSS, who was killed in a car wreck in 1964.