February 15, 2021
Article: The Partisanship Out of Civics Act
Stanley Kurtz
The Partisanship Out of Civics Act is a piece of model state legislation that would help rescue public K-12 civics education from its subornation by radical activists.
February 10, 2021
MTC: History, Heritage, and the Many Troubles with 1619
Robert Maranto
Editor’s Note: This article is part of an ongoing symposium on white fragility and its related concepts. To view all of the essays in this series, click here. The great enemy to the American vi......
December 14, 2020
Academic Questions: Nation-Building and Curriculum Innovation in Israel
Suzanne Last Stone
Seven years ago Shalem College in Israel was formed by American expatriates from Princeton University to claim for itself the goal of America’s best colleges of yore: “the preparation of l......
December 14, 2020
Academic Questions: Creating a Middle School American History Program
Wight Martindale Jr.
How does one teach American history to middle-schoolers at a time when large numbers of educators seek to discredit and replace our national understanding?
November 24, 2020
Article: NAS Publishes New Report, "Disfigured History"
David Acevedo
In this comprehensive study, NAS Director of Research David Randall analyzes how the College Board severely mishandles U.S., European, and modern world history through its AP courses and exams.
October 13, 2020
Statement: ED and DOS Issue Urgent Warning About Chinese Influence in American Schools
National Association of Scholars
NAS commends the Education and State Depts. for issuing two joint letters urging American education leaders to investigate possible Chinese government influence in their schools.
September 30, 2020
Academic Questions: Responses Past and Present
Jonathan Chaves
"How have we lost our courage, O my Muse! / The daily headlines surely must confuse / The reader who’s aware of how men acted / In history when not by fear distracted."
September 30, 2020
Academic Questions: Why Trump?
David Randall
A review of The Age of Entitlement: America Since the 1960s, Christopher Caldwell, Simon and Schuster, 2020, pp. 352, $17.39 hardcover.
July 30, 2020
Article: In Defense of Unbiased History Education
Jay Bergman
An open letter from NAS Board Member Jay Bergman to the superintendent of Newington schools on the dangers of 1619 Project-inspired history curricula in K-12 education.
July 16, 2020
Article: The Effects of Proposition 209 on California
Charles Geshekter David Randall
This study, originally published in 2008 and updated in 2020, examines the effects of Proposition 209 on racial and gender diversity in California higher education over a 20 year span.