This document records testimony from a hearing before the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, part of the Committee on Education and Labor to hear testimony on the Equality Act, H.R. 5, ensuring the right to learn and work free from discrimination. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Suzanne Bonamici, Chairwoman,…

Learn how to design history lessons that foster students' knowledge, skills, and dispositions for civic engagement. Each section of this practical resource introduces a key element of civic engagement, such as defending the rights of others, advocating for change, taking action when problems are observed, compromising to promote reform, and…

Written by an interdisciplinary group of experts in education, psychology, sociology, and other fields, this landmark handbook provides a thorough examination of U.S. secondary education from the private academies of Colonial America to the comprehensive high schools and alternative schools of today. This accessible compendium is a treasure trove…

This curriculum, the development of which was funded under Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, will aid teachers and school administrators in their efforts to explore with students the attitudes and skills essential to friendly and democratic relations between persons of different races, religious, national origins, and socioeconomic status…