Stephen Jackson

Major news: A @nytimes.com story today reports on developments in our lawsuit, filed with @modernlanguage.bsky.social and @acls1919.bsky.social, opposing the illegal dismantling of the NEH.

The article covers newly released discovery in the case.

Here’s what discovery confirmed:

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Note the connection between Western and American exceptionalisms, which is a pronounced feature of the contemporary history wars that doesn’t often generate headlines.

The latest issue of History of Education Quarterly is out. Here's a thread with open-access links to all of the articles...

Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education

The environmental and social harms are clear but it’s also made students tune out, not knowing why they should bother learning or thinking. Now I have to tell them why uni is useful for THEM, beyond just feigning work to get a degree. I’ve gone analog a lot. They’ve actually liked it.

Literally and figuratively confronted by inflation while buying balloons for my kid’s birthday party.

Exploding tree warnings were the last straw. I’d like to speak to Nature’s manager, please.

Beautiful Kansas sunrise.

Well good morning to you too, Kansas!

Cardiac Bears!

Clear eyes, full heart, can’t smile.

Curt Cignetti at the CFP Semifinal game on January 9.

One of our last and most powerfully unifying American symbols: the unbelievably successful coach who has never smiled one single time.

I’m glad you’re here with me, Bluesky, here at the end of Stranger Things.

I'm putting together the latest edition of the @aeradivf-history.bsky.social newsletter. If you have any calls that might be of interest to #histed #edhist scholars or if you have published a book in the past year, then please DM me with the call or the citation. cc: @aeraedresearch.bsky.social

Get ready for ISCHE 2026!
The SWG History of Knowledge in the History of Education invites paper proposals for two panels:
✍️ Knowledge & Emotions in the History of Education
📚 General theme: Knowledge + Education
Full CFP: shorturl.at/4UNtC
Submit by 15 Jan 2026 via: www.conftool.org/ische47

Great first day of CUFA at #NCSS2025!

Thanks for sharing all of this over such a long day! The process is itself very troubling, as is the disjointed sequencing they’ve adopted.

Good morning! Texas is revising its K-12 social studies standards (TEKS) for 5.5 million kids, & the State Board of Education (SBOE) is meeting today to discuss their progress today. I will be live-tweeting (posting?) about anything that concerns social studies. Follow this thread for updates!

Texas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide - AHA Support Honest History in Texas Public Schools Over the next few months, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social s...

The Texas SBOE had chosen an unusual and radically restructured new framework that significantly reduces coverage of US and world history in the standards. For more information about the ongoing TEKS revision and the implications of these changes, check out the AHA’s Field Guide. 🗃️

The Patchwork of World History in Texas High Schools: Unpacking Eurocentrism, Imperialism, and Nationalism in the Curriculum, 1920-2021 This book traces the historical development of the World History course as it has been taught in high school classrooms in Texas, a populous and nationally influential state, over the last hundred yea...

And here is a link to the book website. www.routledge.com/The-Patchwor...

I wrote a book on world history in Texas, and if you're interested you can hear a bit more with my talk to the New Books Network. newbooksnetwork.com/the-patchwor...

Texas' State Board of Education will consult Christian nationalist David Barton on social studies revision - San Antonio Current Barton, who has no historical training, has made repeatedly debunked claims questioning the separation of church and state.

And appointed a set of reviewers who are very likely to push the whole process very far to the right. www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...

State Board of Education OKs Texas-heavy social studies plan, setting stage for clash over history lessons - The Texas Tribune Educators worry the plan will deemphasize topics like world geography, history and cultures. The board aims to vote on what specific content social studies lessons will include by next summer.

They have already adopted a new framework that will remove world history nearly entirely from the standards. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/12/t...

Social Studies TEKS Revision Action Alert - AHA Over the next few months, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social studies instruction in Texas public schools. Whe...

There is a lot going on right now, but if you are in Texas and care about history, consider speaking to the State Board of Education as they ramp up for a revision to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. www.historians.org/news/social-...

So today’s news was that the Justice Dept forced the ouster of a university president in Virginia over politics, and that Texas A&M took away academic freedom from profs who teach things they disagree with. And yet the same people demand intellectual diversity and “civil discourse” on campus?

Olaf themed picture

In keeping with my daughter’s Frozen themed Halloween, today I’m Academic Olaf. I like warm hugs, elbow patches, long discussions of theory, and, especially, SUMMER!

Picture of the sun peaking through the clouds

Lovely to see the sun again after several rainy days.

Radio City Music Hall sign regarding show from Critical Role.

What a treat to see Critical Role at Radio City Music Hall last night!

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

I spent too much time worrying about state-run media, and not nearly enough worrying about a media-run state.