The Challenge of “Historical Literacy”
Growing concern with historical literacy and demonstrations of the power of literacy-like standards in actual school curricula form one of the striking currents in history education in recent years.
Communities of Collaboration
On a Saturday each spring during the Organization of American Historians’ annual meeting, a series of sessions focuses specifically on issues involving the teaching and learning of history.
Negotiating the Bottom Line
It is important for authors to take academic contracts as seriously as they would any other publishing contract.
The National Center for History in the Schools
The purpose of the Center has been to engage in a broad program of research and dissemination activities to improve learning in the nation’s elementary and secondary schools.
Notable Achievements by Members, April 1991
Member news from April 1991
David J. Herlihy (1930–91)
David J. Herlihy, Barnaby Conrad and Mary Critchfield Keeney Professor of History, Brown University, and the 1990 president of the American Historical Association, died on February 21, 1991.
Obituaries, April 1991
In Memoriam from April 1991