The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has begun its reauthorization journey through Congress. The first iteration does not include any funding for the enhancement of social studies education. The AHA has joined other members of the National Coalition for History in calling on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions to reconsider this omission. We undertake this effort in collaboration with our colleagues in the civics education community, given our shared interest in nourishing the quality of social studies education in K–12 classrooms.
Known popularly as No Child Left Behind, the ESEA will have many twists and turns in the process of reauthorization and appropriations. Our allies who support professional development for social studies teachers have all agreed to wait until a later point in the process to ask our members to contact their representatives. The letter from the AHA was written in February at a moment when specific input from interested parties was appropriate and (we hope) useful.
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