Committed to "inquiry," Virginia social studies teachers want to "pause" a state test on students' history, geography and civics knowledge.

It's impossible to discuss what's going on in the world without knowing geography.

It will be hard for young Americans to save democracy if they don't know much about civics or history. Many have opinions, but few facts.

In "red states," students will learn that America is an exceptional (and great) -- and communism is evil.

"Gratitude is the lifeblood of healthy schools and civic institutions, writes Rick Hess, being very Old School. Despite " classroom materials that depict Thanksgiving as just another evil exercise in settler colonialism," he writes, most teachers think schools should teach that the U.S. is "a fundamentally good country. " And they want to "teach students to question the policies of their nation’s government." That's right, Hess writes. Students should count our blessings a

Most teachers think it's "very" or "extremely important" to teach America's virtues and instill patriotism.

We need rigorous history teaching -- not a switch from left-wing to right-wing takes on America.

Students don't know enough history to "do history" like historians. They have to learn what happened before they analyze it.

Anti-antisemitism rules for schools won't work, and more Holocaust education isn't the answer.

Schools want to teach "critical thinking" without teaching knowledge. It can't be done.

Most Americans would have trouble passing the new citizenship exam.

We "think and read less, and see and feel more."

The U.S. Education Department will fund patriotic education for America's 250th anniversary, but will schools go along?

Civics teachers don't agree on the goals of teaching civics, and fear controversy.

If students don't learn facts, they won't be able to understand what they read or think deeply or critically.

Can you pass Oklahoma's test for new teachers? Yes, unless you're a very dim bulb.

Lots of people were victims of the Holocaust, says a National Education Association guidebook which doesn't mention Jews.

Raised to see patriotism as hokey, Larissa Phillips is flying a U.S. flag this year.

Juneteenth and July 4 celebrate American ideals and the struggle to attain them.

Stop teaching a can't-do spirit. Young Americans are individuals capable of reason, resilience and growth -- not perpetual oppressors or victims.