America faces the growing challenge of engaging future generations in the nation’s social, economic and civic life. Pioneer Institute has long championed high academic standards that emphasize content. K-12 education must rededicate itself to teaching history and civics with a firm reliance on America’s founding principles and the enduring lessons of our past.
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Video Highlights Long-Running Journal that Publishes History Essays by High School Students
September 11, 2018/by Editorial StaffStudy: No Longer A City On A Hill: Massachusetts Degrades Its K–12 History Standards
June 21, 2018/by Editorial StaffPoll: Parents, Teachers, Legislators Support Reinstating Passage of U.S. History MCAS Test as High School Graduation Requirement
June 18, 2018/by Editorial StaffDraft History and Social Studies Frameworks Continue Trend Toward Dumbing Down Public School Content
March 28, 2018/by Editorial StaffTeaching The First World War In Schools Is Topic For Pioneer History Forum
April 3, 2017/by Editorial StaffStudy Highlights Best Practices For Establishing and Updating K-12 History Standards
January 9, 2017/by Editorial StaffPulitzer Prize Winners To Be Featured At Event On Teaching Jacksonian Democracy In Schools
April 4, 2016/by Editorial StaffTeaching U.S. Economic History In Schools Is Topic Of Pioneer Forum
January 25, 2016/by Editorial StaffRead Our Op-eds:
When ignorance and violence are permitted to trump justice
August 28, 2020/by Jamie GassEasthampton High Scores A National Educational Victory During The COVID-19 Pandemic
June 5, 2020/by Tom BirminghamTo Keep Our Republic, American Students Must Study The French Revolution
May 31, 2019/by Jamie GassHow Massachusetts Showed the Way on Education Reform
May 16, 2019/by Jamie GassAs we mark 100th anniversary of Solzhenitsyn’s birth, we appreciate importance of historical literacy
December 7, 2018/by Jamie GassRemember Poland’s Working-Class Revolt Against Communism
September 4, 2018/by Jamie GassWatch Video Clips from Pioneer’s Forums in U.S. History
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