EAD Awards $600,000 to K–5 Pilot Projects
This article originally appeared in an Educating For American Democracy newsletter.
The Educating for American Democracy (EAD) Implementation Consortium, through support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), is delighted to announce the recipients of its $600,000 2023 K–5 pilot implementation projects funding opportunity. The projects selected through the competitive RFP process represent a diverse group of organizations and schools from across the country on initiatives aligned with the EAD Roadmap for high-quality K–12 history and civics education.
Educators in the elementary grades are in particular need of high-quality resources and support for history and civic learning. We need to better equip our K–5 teaching corps with the pedagogical skills and content knowledge needed to enable younger students to arrive at secondary school with grounding and an inquisitive mindset toward civics and history. The selected projects represent a vital investment in and a step forward for addressing that need and setting our younger learners up for success. Read more...