Christine Woyshner
@cwoyshner.bsky.social
Historian of African American Education, Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Affairs, mom & figure skater
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NYC education people, are you talking about #mayoralcontrol with students, friends, neighbors? Good conversation starters via primary sources and diagrams of the history of who's governed schools in NYC over the last century at nyccivilrightshistory.org/topics/who-g...
Who Governs Schools?
A teaching guide to the history of NYC schools
nyccivilrightshistory.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NYC education people, are you talking about #mayoralcontrol with students, friends, neighbors? Good conversation starters via primary sources and diagrams of the history of who's governed schools in NYC over the last century at nyccivilrightshistory.org/topics/who-g...
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I am beyond excited (and nervous!) to announce that my first book, "The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities" is available for sale!
This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart
weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...
This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart
weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I am beyond excited (and nervous!) to announce that my first book, "The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities" is available for sale!
This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart
weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...
This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart
weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...
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🚨 It’s almost time! Join us today, Monday, September 22 at 7:30 PM EST for The Social Studies Field Guide: Inquiry in Action.
Bring history to life through inquiry. This free webinar shows how to move from memorization to meaningful questions that hook students.
Save your spot: buff.ly/wEiDeeg
Bring history to life through inquiry. This free webinar shows how to move from memorization to meaningful questions that hook students.
Save your spot: buff.ly/wEiDeeg
The Social Studies FIELD Guide: Inquiry in Action
NCHE Conference
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September 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🚨 It’s almost time! Join us today, Monday, September 22 at 7:30 PM EST for The Social Studies Field Guide: Inquiry in Action.
Bring history to life through inquiry. This free webinar shows how to move from memorization to meaningful questions that hook students.
Save your spot: buff.ly/wEiDeeg
Bring history to life through inquiry. This free webinar shows how to move from memorization to meaningful questions that hook students.
Save your spot: buff.ly/wEiDeeg
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Free link to the HEQ policy dialogue between Kim Tolley and Dorit Reiss.
School Vaccination: Past, Present, Future | History of Education Quarterly | Cambridge Core
School Vaccination: Past, Present, Future - Volume 65 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org
September 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Free link to the HEQ policy dialogue between Kim Tolley and Dorit Reiss.
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What do US history classes have in common across the vast landscape of 50 states, 13,000 school districts, and 90,000 schools? Read the AHA’s American Lesson Plan to get a sense of national patterns and regional differences. 🗃️
American Lesson Plan, Part 2: National Patterns
A 50-state review of state legislation, standards, and assessments.
www.historians.org
August 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What do US history classes have in common across the vast landscape of 50 states, 13,000 school districts, and 90,000 schools? Read the AHA’s American Lesson Plan to get a sense of national patterns and regional differences. 🗃️
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The AHA's #FreedomToLearn initiative educates historians and others on how to advocate publicly for honest history education, responds directly to legislation that would restrict history education, & creates resources to help teach history with integrity. 🗃️
Freedom to Learn | American Historical Association
The AHA’s Freedom to Learn initiative educates historians and others on how to advocate publicly for honest history education, responds directly to the bills themselves, and creates resources.
www.historians.org
August 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The AHA's #FreedomToLearn initiative educates historians and others on how to advocate publicly for honest history education, responds directly to legislation that would restrict history education, & creates resources to help teach history with integrity. 🗃️
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"When we show girls that they’ve always been part of history, we equip them to believe that they can shape its future." In #AHAPerspectives, read how Jessica Ramos teaches counternarratives to her elementary students. 🗃️
Teaching Girls They Belong
Teaching counternarratives deepens elementary students’ understanding of history and helps underrepresented groups see themselves as part of the story.
www.historians.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"When we show girls that they’ve always been part of history, we equip them to believe that they can shape its future." In #AHAPerspectives, read how Jessica Ramos teaches counternarratives to her elementary students. 🗃️
So thrilled to present with this power team of educators at the Teaching Black History Conference at U of Bflo. Funded by Library of Congress TPS Grant.
July 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
So thrilled to present with this power team of educators at the Teaching Black History Conference at U of Bflo. Funded by Library of Congress TPS Grant.
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Are you connected to a Black public high school that operated between 1870 and 1970?
Please contribute to this survey that lets you help shape the preservation and commemoration of these important institutions.
And please share with networks and communities!
asalh.org/asalh-nps-co...
Please contribute to this survey that lets you help shape the preservation and commemoration of these important institutions.
And please share with networks and communities!
asalh.org/asalh-nps-co...
July 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Are you connected to a Black public high school that operated between 1870 and 1970?
Please contribute to this survey that lets you help shape the preservation and commemoration of these important institutions.
And please share with networks and communities!
asalh.org/asalh-nps-co...
Please contribute to this survey that lets you help shape the preservation and commemoration of these important institutions.
And please share with networks and communities!
asalh.org/asalh-nps-co...
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“By deciding that parents have a right to opt their children out of curriculum that they find offensive, the six conservative justices have demonstrated a terrible ignorance of the relevant history,” writes Adam Laats in #AHAPerspectives on the Mahmoud v. Taylor case. 🗃️
Mahmoud v. Scopes
A recent Supreme Court ruling should have learned from the history of opt-outs in US history.
www.historians.org
July 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“By deciding that parents have a right to opt their children out of curriculum that they find offensive, the six conservative justices have demonstrated a terrible ignorance of the relevant history,” writes Adam Laats in #AHAPerspectives on the Mahmoud v. Taylor case. 🗃️
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The mid-year sale at Routledge includes my book at £33 (I know still not that accessible sorry) but if you’d like a copy do DM I have some spares, and library orders welcome www.routledge.com/Mapping-the-...
Mapping the Moral Geographies of Education: Character, Citizenship and Values
This book explores the growth of ‘character education’ in schools and youth organisations over the last decade. It delves into historical and contemporary debates through a geopolitical lens.
With a r...
www.routledge.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The mid-year sale at Routledge includes my book at £33 (I know still not that accessible sorry) but if you’d like a copy do DM I have some spares, and library orders welcome www.routledge.com/Mapping-the-...
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#ALAAC25 It was an honor to celebrate Dr. Carla Hayden at ALA Annual—a visionary who has shown us, time and again, what it means to lead with wisdom, purpose, and grace. Learn "What Gives Carla Hayden Hope" at American Libraries. bit.ly/4eskLzf
What Gives Carla Hayden Hope | American Libraries Magazine
The former Librarian of Congress talked with author Kwame Alexander at ALA's Annual Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia on June 28.
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June 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#ALAAC25 It was an honor to celebrate Dr. Carla Hayden at ALA Annual—a visionary who has shown us, time and again, what it means to lead with wisdom, purpose, and grace. Learn "What Gives Carla Hayden Hope" at American Libraries. bit.ly/4eskLzf
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Civic Season begins next week. Young adults aged 18 to 30 have put together a Community Hub Guide to help museums and historic sites engage this important demographic.
How to Celebrate Civic Season: A Gen Z Guide to Serving as a Community Hub This Summer
You may have heard of Civic Season, the annual civics-and-history learning sprint held between Juneteenth and the Fourth of July every summer. The program was created by, and is activated by, Made …
www.aam-us.org
June 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Civic Season begins next week. Young adults aged 18 to 30 have put together a Community Hub Guide to help museums and historic sites engage this important demographic.
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"Democracies are not to be taken for granted, and the institutions that support democracy should not be taken for granted."
#FreePeopleReadFreely
Spectacular interview with Dr. Carla Hayden on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social today.
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
#FreePeopleReadFreely
Spectacular interview with Dr. Carla Hayden on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social today.
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks out on her firing by Trump
Last month, Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress, received an email announcing her dismissal. She talks about libraries as bastions of democracy, ...
www.cbsnews.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Democracies are not to be taken for granted, and the institutions that support democracy should not be taken for granted."
#FreePeopleReadFreely
Spectacular interview with Dr. Carla Hayden on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social today.
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
#FreePeopleReadFreely
Spectacular interview with Dr. Carla Hayden on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social today.
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
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The latest issue of History of Education Quarterly is out. This thread will have open access or free (read-only) links to all articles.
@histedsocuk.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social @oah.org @historians.org @cambridgeup.bsky.social
@histedsocuk.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social @oah.org @historians.org @cambridgeup.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The latest issue of History of Education Quarterly is out. This thread will have open access or free (read-only) links to all articles.
@histedsocuk.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social @oah.org @historians.org @cambridgeup.bsky.social
@histedsocuk.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social @oah.org @historians.org @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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Last summer, a team from @historians.org issued a report on the teaching of history in U.S. K-12 schools.
We asked them to write an essay-length version of that report for History of Education Quarterly.
And then we invited four leading scholars to comment. In this thread, I'll post links to all.
We asked them to write an essay-length version of that report for History of Education Quarterly.
And then we invited four leading scholars to comment. In this thread, I'll post links to all.
May 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Last summer, a team from @historians.org issued a report on the teaching of history in U.S. K-12 schools.
We asked them to write an essay-length version of that report for History of Education Quarterly.
And then we invited four leading scholars to comment. In this thread, I'll post links to all.
We asked them to write an essay-length version of that report for History of Education Quarterly.
And then we invited four leading scholars to comment. In this thread, I'll post links to all.
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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
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Applications are coming in! NYC educators, don't miss this chance!
May 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Applications are coming in! NYC educators, don't miss this chance!
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The latest issue of History of Education Quarterly is out. This thread has (open access or un-paywalled) links to all of the articles in it.
December 10, 2024 at 5:00 PM
The latest issue of History of Education Quarterly is out. This thread has (open access or un-paywalled) links to all of the articles in it.
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2025 NCHE Conference
Friday Night at the Arch
To register for the Conference, go to: ncheteach.org/conference/r...
Friday Night at the Arch
To register for the Conference, go to: ncheteach.org/conference/r...
November 26, 2024 at 8:06 PM
2025 NCHE Conference
Friday Night at the Arch
To register for the Conference, go to: ncheteach.org/conference/r...
Friday Night at the Arch
To register for the Conference, go to: ncheteach.org/conference/r...
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Thinking about applying to be the next Theory & Research in Social Education Editor? The search committee will be having a Q&A session at #CUFA24. Tomorrow (Wednesday 11/20) at 11 am in Room 201 of the Hynes Convention Center.
November 20, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Thinking about applying to be the next Theory & Research in Social Education Editor? The search committee will be having a Q&A session at #CUFA24. Tomorrow (Wednesday 11/20) at 11 am in Room 201 of the Hynes Convention Center.
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Not able to attend last night's panel on how Boston Public Schools teachers are teaching about desegregation busing? We have a video for you here at the event website! blogs.umb.edu/secondaryedu...
November 19, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Not able to attend last night's panel on how Boston Public Schools teachers are teaching about desegregation busing? We have a video for you here at the event website! blogs.umb.edu/secondaryedu...
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Calling all historians of education:
History of Education Quarterly has just released a "Forum on Future Directions for History of Education."
I'll include all the contributions in this thread, with free access.
1/n
History of Education Quarterly has just released a "Forum on Future Directions for History of Education."
I'll include all the contributions in this thread, with free access.
1/n
November 18, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Calling all historians of education:
History of Education Quarterly has just released a "Forum on Future Directions for History of Education."
I'll include all the contributions in this thread, with free access.
1/n
History of Education Quarterly has just released a "Forum on Future Directions for History of Education."
I'll include all the contributions in this thread, with free access.
1/n
If you’re in the Philly area, come join us this Thursday evening.
November 19, 2024 at 12:28 AM
If you’re in the Philly area, come join us this Thursday evening.