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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

History orgs are circling up. Teachers, remember that you have many allies outside the classroom. Our job is to show love and insist on good history, so that you can do the same. @historyed.bsky.social @socialstudies.org @historians.org @oah.org

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

My colleagues at other history organizations have been speaking powerfully to the K-12 EO, so @historyed.bsky.social is speaking directly to teachers. I know this moment is heavy, teachers. We’re here beside you. ncheteach.org/blog/uncateg...

ncheteach.org

A Message of Support

Hello teachers. I’m reaching out today as a fellow educator and historian, and as Executive Director of the National Council for History Education, to affirm […]

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Ike and I had a very good conversation about leadership integrity, emphasized by his handwritten “in case of failure” letter. He knew, on the eve of D-Day, that the burden of responsibility was his. As always, our present has much to learn from the past.

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I’m grateful for this partnership with Kansas teachers. It filled my heart to be with these folks, to reassure them that they are professionals, and that teaching history is often messy — which means they’re doing it right.

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I feel like I’m in the scene from the first HP, when Harry, Ron, and Hermione find themselves in a room with a thousand giant metal keys rocketing at them from all directions and at various levels of lethality. Except what if the keys were the government.

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

My colleagues at @historians.org released this report last fall, and it’s worth a read and a share. History teachers are teaching history about ALL Americans, with evidence and primary sources. Trust them as the professionals they are.

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

We fall under slide 2, Department of Education. Our grants are reimbursement-based, so we cannot access funding until we’ve already spent it. This pause would limit our ability to pay bills, including salaries and costs for in-process programs.

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

If this is true, and goes into effect tomorrow, it will pause the federal funds that support my nonprofit and hundreds of other organizations. Call your elected officials. This will be devastating.

washingtonpost.com

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

This introvert peopled HARD at @ncssnetwork.bsky.social in Boston this week. Luckily, I had some of the incredible @historyed.bsky.social staff to help greet our social studies friends from far and wide. #historymatters #historyhugs

Four NCHE staff at the exhibit booth in the NCSS conference exhibit hall

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I attempted a Starter Pack! I’ve seen several of these for the education world, but the folks who teach K-12 history teachers need to lift each other up — it’s just going to get harder to insist on good history. Let me know if you want me to add someone! #edusky #sschat go.bsky.app/TbTWPdV

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Headed to Boston this week for @ncssnetwork.bsky.social to exhibit with my amazing @historyed.bsky.social colleagues! I need a great big social studies hug. Anyone else need some love from their people in this exhausting historical moment? #edusky #historyhugs

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Sitting at the Wichita airport, waiting for my delayed flight home, and watching "Stranger Things" to keep me from doomscrolling. Among other things, the depiction of the 1980s is perfection. Cannot wait for season 5. #historyiseverywhere #strangerthings

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I love pockets as teaching tools. Also, I love this poem from a 1915 suffrage pamphlet, "Are Women People?": Why We Oppose Pockets for Women. For your reading pleasure, history friends! www.loc.gov/resource/rbn...

loc.gov

Image 42 of General Collections copy

This is a collection of poetry concerning suffrage and women's rights, much of which was first published in the "New York Times."

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

In my professional life, my efforts are focused on a single (albeit diverse) community: history teachers. I am with you and will love you all up, while we insist upon good history together. #historywillsavetheworld

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Jessica Ellison @jessellison.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Let the History Shenanigans begin.

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