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Banning Books. Really?

Banning Books. Really?

Maybe the stupidest idea ever.

EducationKeith HarrisApril 16, 2025Books, Book banning, banned books, read, BIBLIOPHILE, teaching, teachersComment

Does the Evidence Support Your Ideas?

EducationKeith HarrisApril 6, 2025history classComment

The Trouble with Objectivity

The Trouble with Objectivity

EducationKeith HarrisApril 2, 2025Teach History, education, history, american history, objectivityComment

Do Ideas and the Founding Matter? (Hint: Yes)

Do Ideas and the Founding Matter? (Hint: Yes)

EducationKeith HarrisMarch 30, 2025Revolution, Constitution, Founding Principles, Founding Fathers, Civil Rights, Contagion of Liberty, Bernard, Bernard Bailyn, Historian, Teaching, History TeacherComment

Hard Lessons and the Virtues of Accountability

Hard Lessons and the Virtues of Accountability

Grit is a thing. Embrace it.

EducationKeith HarrisMarch 10, 2025Education, hard work, accountability, high school, history teacherComment

Meritocracy in the Classroom

Meritocracy in the Classroom

EducationKeith HarrisJanuary 31, 2025Teaching, High School, Meritocracy Comments

Teachers - Do You Use an Honor Pledge?

Teachers - Do You Use an Honor Pledge?

Ask Dr- Harris, EducationKeith HarrisJanuary 21, 2024University of Virginia, Honor pledge, on my honor, honor code, cheating, cheater, students, classroom, policies, class policiesComment

Some Confirmation in James Clear's Atomic Habits

Some Confirmation in James Clear's Atomic Habits

Book Reviews, EducationKeith HarrisJanuary 20, 2024James Clear, Atomic Habits, Education, teaching, APUSH, standardized tests, Reading, self helpComment

It's Critical in the Classroom End of September Edition

It's Critical in the Classroom End of September Edition

Education, educationKeith HarrisSeptember 28, 2023education, classroom, critical thinking, history, Mastering the Past Comments

Mastering High School - The Series

Mastering High School - The Series

Education, educationKeith HarrisSeptember 3, 2023Mastering the Past, books, history, apushComment

Advice for the Fall Semester - 2023 Edition

Advice for the Fall Semester - 2023 Edition

Education, educationKeith HarrisAugust 11, 2023Back to School, politics in the classroom, ideological orthodoxy, critical thinking, free exchange of ideas, discussion, lighten up, education, fall semester, 2023Comment

Having Tough Discussions about Slavery

Having Tough Discussions about Slavery

Education, educationKeith HarrisAugust 9, 2023Florida education standards, florida, slavery, teaching slaveryComment

Mastering the Past - and Why We Should Consider It

Mastering the Past - and Why We Should Consider It

education, Education, Book ReviewsKeith HarrisJuly 31, 2023Mastering the Past, education, high school history, historical writing, High School, history book, teacher, history teacher

It's Critical in the Classroom - Summer Edition

It's Critical in the Classroom - Summer Edition

education, EducationKeith HarrisJuly 27, 2023mastering the Past, Critical thinking, historical thinking, final word, criticism, critical, historians, historicalwritingComment

A New Forum for History Students

A New Forum for History Students

Ask Dr- Harris, EducationKeith HarrisJuly 20, 2023Student forum, themes, topics, history, theory, intellectual honestyComment

Reading “Bad” Ideas

Reading “Bad” Ideas

EducationKeith HarrisApril 18, 2023ideas matter, classroom, teaching, historical thinking, context, history, primary sourcesComment

It's Critical in the Classroom - April 2023

It's Critical in the Classroom - April 2023

EducationKeith HarrisApril 10, 2023critical thinking, classroom, education, teachers, teaching, historical thinking, history, history student, history teacherComment

Teachers - When You Teach Your Kids Critical Thinking, Don't Be Surprised When...

Teachers - When You Teach Your Kids Critical Thinking, Don't Be Surprised When...

EducationKeith HarrisMarch 27, 2023education, critical thinking, thinking, students, school, high school teacherComment

Post-Class Debate - It Was the Best Thing Ever

Post-Class Debate - It Was the Best Thing Ever

EducationKeith HarrisMarch 27, 2023critical thinking, education, high school, history, classroom, studentsComment