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Teacher Appreciation: Free Formative Assessments on Historical Thinking
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
The New Minimum Standard: Student-Centered
Student-centered is an education buzzword if there ever was one. It fi...
History Education's New Minimum Standard Casts an America 250+ Vision
Earlier this month, The Fulcrumpublished my OpEd: "Commemorate America...
Partner Spotlight - IDEA Tres Lagos - McAllen, Texas
Our Partner Spotlight series is designed to highlight campuses and dis...
We’re launching our second round of AP® Practice Exams
At Thinking Nation, we believe students deserve rigorous, accessible t...
How will you transform social studies education?
Thinking Nation exists to transform social studies education for the f...
The New Minimum Standard: Literacy-Rich
Well, I am on the tail end of that civic whirlwind that was the subjec...
What a (Civic) Whirlwind.
I’ve been on the east coast for the past week, working with civic educ...
Partner Spotlight - Birmingham Community Charter High School - Los Angeles, CA
PRESS RELEASE: Thinking Nation Awarded Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Grant to Expand Access to Primary Source-Based Assessments Nationwide
Organization to Develop 60 Free Formative Assessments Using Library of...
A Webinar to Make Thinking the Minimum in Your Class
Civic Learning Week is just 3 weeks away. I am excited to be emphasizi...
Why This New Minimum Standard Matters
Yesterday, I spent the day in Sacramento, CA with civic educators and ...
The New Minimum Standard: Data-Informed
If you’ve been in the same room as me more than once, you’ve probably ...
Partner Spotlight: Hamilton Heights MS - Arcadia, IN
Collaboration in Action: A Social Studies Team Setting the Standard
Recent Posts
- Thinking Nation’s First Gala ✅
- Thinking Nation's 2025-2026 Impact Report
- Low-Prep Social Studies: Get Students Doing the Thinking
- Happy Constitution Day! [From the Archives]
- When Data Becomes a Road Map for Instruction
- Back to School? Implement the New Minimum Standard
- The New Minimum Standard: Collaborative
- Back to School PD's in Full Swing
- The New Minimum Standard: Relevant
- A Literacy Strategy for Social Studies Teachers