
We’re living in a moment in which teaching honestly about U.S. history has become politicized, but make no mistake about it: We are doing students—and ourselves—a disservice when we choose to lie to them in school rather than educate with accuracy.
And that’s what this issue is all about. It explores various perspectives on teaching honest history: what happens when we don’t, how educators are overcoming attempts to stop it, views from communities who are often left out of these conversations—namely rural and Indigenous—and why it matters.
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Features

A Student’s Take on Sugar-coated History

Going Beyond the Textbook

Teaching Local History in Tulsa

Debbie Reese on Book Bans and Native Representation

Rural Schools and Hard History

From Slavery to School Discipline

Partnering With Museums to Teach Honest History
