Kudos: Center for History Education Partners with Public Schools

Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) has been awarded a $1 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop and implement a program to improve student achievement in American history. BCPS is partnering with the Center for History Education at the UMBC in this initiative, which will begin in October. For the next three years, 60 elementary, middle and high school teachers will attend workshops and summer institutes to create “history labs,” an innovative approach to teaching and learning about the past. Through history labs, student historians will use primary sources and critical thinking to construct historical narratives and interpretations.