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Teacher of Citizens. Building 21 Allentown Founding Social Studies Teacher. Co-founder, Educating for American Democracy Teacher Leadership Task Force. iCivics EdNet. Sphere 100 Fellow. NY Historical WAMS Ambassador Reach University Professor.
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The Constitution doesn’t give rights to Presidents. It gives rights to the people. The very fact that she started there shows the dangerously unconstitutional mindset we’re seeing in action now. With regard to Lincoln, his suspension (not use) of habeus corpus was quite controversial.

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Today on FB, @committeeof70.bsky.social is hosting an Election Day Edition of Studio C70. Join me at 3:30 as we discuss civic education and how the Educating for American Democracy Roadmap can help us deliver quality civic preparation for all students.

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@herberthistory.bsky.social so I guess #HATM can’t do Air Force One ‘cause it’s a rental/purchase on Prime. Sigh. It’s totally a history movie.

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I do not understand how anyone could be less than outraged about this.

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I Let them see me make mistakes and recover from them. I say “I don’t know, let’s find out,” a lot. #engsschat

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The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) is deeply disappointed in the recent decision to eliminate funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the National History Day (NHD) program. ➡️ Full statement here: hubs.li/Q03g6D4r0

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The community of Allentown hid the Liberty Bell from a hostile invasion from 1777 to 1668. The new EO targets Independence NHP by name. Just sayin’…we could lift up those floorboards again…

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Some of the finest history educators I know serve at the Smithsonian and the National Park Service. These institutions are and must be dedicated to telling the history of US- all of us. Stand with them!

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“Just because you do not take an interest in politics does not mean that politics will not bother with you.” (Pericles)

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I hope to see you all this afternoon- especially my PA Educator Colleagues!

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, and those who can remember the past are like, what the hell, man?

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I am proud to be joining PA Civics for this #CivicLearningWeek virtual event. We’re heading into America’s 250th with new energy around Civic Education in the Commonwealth. I hope you’ll join us! www.pacivics.org/stateofcivic...

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Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.

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Retaining presidential records while assuring public access has been a benefit of bringing the modern presidential libraries under NARA. But now we are censoring the legacies of our past leaders.

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Added today: Schools nationwide received quite the Valentine from the DOE. Read the “Dear Colleague” letter that threatens schools for ensuring that all students have access and opportunity to learn and succeed: www.ed.gov/media/docume...

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