New York History: Bruce Dearstyne: Waiting For The Common Core

New York History: Bruce Dearstyne: Waiting For The Common Core: The State Education Department has not yet released the proposed new Common Core standards for English Language Arts, which includes “Litera...

New York History: Social Studies Curriculum: A Modest Proposal II

New York History: Social Studies Curriculum: A Modest Proposal II: Regular readers of my posts know that the role of civics was an important point of contention raised at the recent annual conference of the...

The Journal | Fort Association makes history come alive Friday in Ogdensburg

The Journal | Fort Association makes history come alive Friday in Ogdensburg

New York History: Teaching NY Social Studies: A Modest Proposal

New York History: Teaching NY Social Studies: A Modest Proposal: What do we need to do so when we pass the torch to next generation it is ready to grab it? With the upcoming vote by the New York State Rege...

New York History: Formal and Informal Educators: Can We All Get Alon...

New York History: Formal and Informal Educators: Can We All Get Alon...: One of the ideas behind Teaching the Hudson Valley (THV) is that there's a disconnect between K-12 teachers (formal educators) and the in...

New York History: Teaching New York History: Three Frameworks

New York History: Teaching New York History: Three Frameworks: The revision of the New York State social studies curriculum should involve, or call on the expertise of, many individuals and historical gr...

New York History: Size Matters: Advocating for New York History

New York History: Size Matters: Advocating for New York History: Since my emergency post of April 22 a lot has happened. 1. MANY/Museumwise held its annual conference 2. APHNYS held its annual conferen...