Students are “learning U.S. history” from Hamilton, the hottest show on Broadway,” reports Wayne D’Orio in Education Next. EduHam funds curriculum development and theater tickets for public school students in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. Among the assignments, students analyze primary source documents, recasting them in modern language. The course capstone is an original performance (by students) on the Hamilton stage, followed by a matinee viewing of the musical

Fifth-graders didn’t put on A Christmas Carol this year at Centerville Elementary in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Why ditch a decades-long tradition? Parents told WHTM that someone had complained about Tiny Tim’s big line: “God bless us, every one.” Fifth-grade teachers feared Centerville students might not be as prepared for sixth grade as children at other schools, according to the principal. “In addition to focusing on high quality instruction,” Kramer concluded “our de