Historian and activist Marvin Dunn’s job is to bring Florida’s Black history to life — whether through his Teach the Truth ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

An old American History textbook inside Brighton High School in Brighton, Colo., on Feb. 21, 2019. Matthew Staver—The Washington Post via Getty Images The teaching of history has become a flashpoint ...

Close-up of opened book on bookshelf on blurred books background. Home library reading books concept. Close up. Selective soft focus. Shallow depth of field. Text copy space. This past summer's uproar ...

Textbooks stick to the approved version of events. Wars, treaties, great leaders, and turning points are all very tasteful.

Despite complaints from China and South Korea, Japan has refused to revise its textbooks. In Israel, dispute continues over how to teach the origin of the state and whether to depict Palestinians as ...

It is well-documented that U.S. history textbooks have provided a limited picture of the role race and ethnicity play in the American past and present. Figuring out how to remedy that, though, has ...

For many, 2023 was a year of momentous change and loss, marked by events that will be chronicled in history books for generations to come. Longstanding tensions in the Middle East erupted when Hamas ...

RIGA, Latvia — When classes begin next month, Russian high schoolers will get fresh history textbooks rewritten to carry Kremlin-approved narratives about the “special military operation” in Ukraine ...

A new school textbook in Russia is teaching children that Moscow was “forced” to invade Ukraine as it likens the conflict to the Soviet Union’s battle against Nazi Germany in World War II. The ...