Saw this sign at the KC airport. I know there are more important things to quibble with about the name, logo, and iconography, but why oh why is it ‘Chiefs Kingdom’ and not ‘Chiefdom’?

New in HEQ: "The Transatlantic Adaptation of Universal History" explores universal history in early U.S. education through the work of an adapted text by Alexander Fraser Tytler. It reveals a lot about how civilizational framings supported American exceptionalism. doi.org/10.1017/heq....

Ecuador v Curaçao let’s go! Incredible atmosphere.

A federal judge granted the motion for a summary judgment on all counts in favor of the AHA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @modernlanguage.bsky.social in our lawsuit to restore the NEH, ruling that the mass termination of grants was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect." 🗃️

Federal Judge Rules to Restore National Endowment of the Humanities Funding In Historic Case - AHA

Statements From American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association on the Ruling FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 7, 2026 - This afternoon US District J...

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At a conference in LA and why did they choose to make security droids look like Daleks?

Good evening, everyone! Just a heads-up: we've got a whopper of a Texas SBOE meeting tomorrow. Things are getting to a dramatic pitch on the social studies standards revision and the literacy lists. Watch this thread tomorrow at 9 AM CT ⬇️. I'll be here all day so you don't have to.

Robot Plato? No thanks.

Melania and the Robot

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K-12 standards are likely not improving history education, but are providing endless grist for the culture wars. We can do better. In my latest with the Journal of American History, I suggest a minimalist approach to the creation of standards. doi.org/10.1093/jahi...

K-12 standards are likely not improving history education, but are providing endless grist for the culture wars. We can do better. In my latest with the Journal of American History, I suggest a minimalist approach to the creation of standards. doi.org/10.1093/jahi...

The 2026 CUFA Program Chairs are excited to share the call for proposals with members & the broader #socialstudies community: Continuities, Countercurrents, & Change in Social Studies. Proposals will be due April 13, 2026, 11:59pm Hawaii Standard Time. Submissions go live March 6!

CUFA 2026 Call for Proposals & Session Types

College & University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies 2026 Annual Conference Chicago, IL | Hyatt Regency Chicago | December 2nd - 4th, 2026 2026 CALL FOR PROPOSALS Cro...

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@cufancss.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🗣️ Hey everyone, we wanted to give y'all a heads up ... be on the lookout!! We will post here and other social media outlets, the listserv, and try to get it out via the emails we have access to (because we know not everyone is active on social media)!

Major news: A @nytimes.com story today reports on developments in our lawsuit, filed with @modernlanguage.bsky.social and @acls1919.bsky.social, opposing the illegal dismantling of the NEH. The article covers newly released discovery in the case. Here’s what discovery confirmed: 🧵(1/7)

Note the connection between Western and American exceptionalisms, which is a pronounced feature of the contemporary history wars that doesn’t often generate headlines.

Whit@drwhit.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hall: We need to teach Texas Exceptionalism, American Exceptionalism, Western Civ Exceptionalism, "because that is a historical fact." How's that for defining objectivity?

The latest issue of History of Education Quarterly is out. Here's a thread with open-access links to all of the articles...

The environmental and social harms are clear but it’s also made students tune out, not knowing why they should bother learning or thinking. Now I have to tell them why uni is useful for THEM, beyond just feigning work to get a degree. I’ve gone analog a lot. They’ve actually liked it.

Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education

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Literally and figuratively confronted by inflation while buying balloons for my kid’s birthday party.

Exploding tree warnings were the last straw. I’d like to speak to Nature’s manager, please.

Well good morning to you too, Kansas!

Cardiac Bears!

One of our last and most powerfully unifying American symbols: the unbelievably successful coach who has never smiled one single time.

I’m glad you’re here with me, Bluesky, here at the end of Stranger Things.

I'm putting together the latest edition of the @aeradivf-history.bsky.social newsletter. If you have any calls that might be of interest to #histed #edhist scholars or if you have published a book in the past year, then please DM me with the call or the citation. cc: @aeraedresearch.bsky.social

Get ready for ISCHE 2026! The SWG History of Knowledge in the History of Education invites paper proposals for two panels: ✍️ Knowledge & Emotions in the History of Education 📚 General theme: Knowledge + Education Full CFP: shorturl.at/4UNtC Submit by 15 Jan 2026 via: www.conftool.org/ische47

Great first day of CUFA at #NCSS2025!

Good morning! Texas is revising its K-12 social studies standards (TEKS) for 5.5 million kids, & the State Board of Education (SBOE) is meeting today to discuss their progress today. I will be live-tweeting (posting?) about anything that concerns social studies. Follow this thread for updates!

The Texas SBOE had chosen an unusual and radically restructured new framework that significantly reduces coverage of US and world history in the standards. For more information about the ongoing TEKS revision and the implications of these changes, check out the AHA’s Field Guide. 🗃️

Texas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide - AHA

Support Honest History in Texas Public Schools Over the next few months, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social s...

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There is a lot going on right now, but if you are in Texas and care about history, consider speaking to the State Board of Education as they ramp up for a revision to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. www.historians.org/news/social-...

Social Studies TEKS Revision Action Alert - AHA

Over the next few months, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social studies instruction in Texas public schools. Whe...

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So today’s news was that the Justice Dept forced the ouster of a university president in Virginia over politics, and that Texas A&M took away academic freedom from profs who teach things they disagree with. And yet the same people demand intellectual diversity and “civil discourse” on campus?

In keeping with my daughter’s Frozen themed Halloween, today I’m Academic Olaf. I like warm hugs, elbow patches, long discussions of theory, and, especially, SUMMER!