Michigan Council for History Education

Jim McConnell, our tireless founder and editor of the MCHE monthly newsletter, has posted a special edition for this month:

I infrequently violate my rule of emailing only once/month to the MCHE E-Notes group via the MSU H-Net system. Information about a very unique social studies opportunity prompts this email. A few of you may have [...]

Early registration for the Joint Conference in Lansing this November expires by October 21, when rates go up from $160 to $200 for the entire weekend! The conference provides a one-stop professional development experience that allows for historical depth and interdisciplinary breadth across fields and subjects, so take advantage of this great opportunity and join us [...]

This year the Michigan Council for History Education is partnering with our fellow geographers, civic educators, economics teachers, and the Michigan Council for the Social Studies to put on a joint conference, November 4-6 in Lansing, where educators can get powerful professional development across the spectrum of the social studies.  Watch our annual conference page for [...]

That’s the message of Norm Augustine, a former under secretary of the Army and retired chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin in a vigorous op-ed, “The Education our Economy Needs,”   published in today’s Wall Street Journal . Prompted by the recent NAEP results, which showed American high schoolers performing more poorly in history than in math or science, [...]

Join us on October 8 for a three hour program on teaching Detroit history; registration closes by September 30.  Find more information and registration form on our Upcoming Events page.

On August 18, the Michigan Council for History Education executive board held an all-day strategic planning meeting to map the organization’s needs and plans for the near future. Board members Jim Cameron (also our executive director), Jim McConnell, Dorothy Ebersole, Peter Knupfer, Bob Bain, Tim Evans, Gordon Andrews, Danielle Ozanich, Mary Foulke, Abby Combs, Bill [...]

Our thanks to over 150 people who clicked over to take our brief survey!  The results are very interesting and informative, and will be an important part of the MCHE board’s planning meeting tomorrow.  We will publish the results (anonymized, of course) and invite comments.

The National Assessment for Educational Progress ‘s benchmark U.S. History tests for grades 4, 8, and 12 have been scored and completed.  Click here to browse the main site for a detailed report of findings, links to pertinent literature, charts of trends, sample questions, and other important information.  The absence of clear trends in the results means that [...]