Jonathan Zimmerman

What if America's inability to agree on its shared history—and how to teach it—is a cause of our polarization and political dysfunction, rather than a symptom?

We are living through a time when we cannot take our shared identity—and therefore our shared stories—for granted.

The attacks on CRT have terrified our educators. But the public school system has always made it hard to teach controversial subjects.

Historian Daryl Scott weighs in on the 1619 Project and the "possibility that we rend ourselves on the question of race."

Why it’s foolish to think the modern GOP will ever break with its lunatic fringe.

Teachers and students love "A People’s History of the United States." But it’s just as limited as the textbooks it replaces.