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Stephen Jackson

@stomperjax.bsky.social
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Historian of education at the University of Kansas interested in the British Empire, world history, and settler colonialism. All views my own.

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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Saw this sign at the KC airport. I know there are more important things to quibble with about the name, logo, and iconography, but why oh why is it ‘Chiefs Kingdom’ and not ‘Chiefdom’?
Sign for Kansas City Chiefs saying “Welcome to Chiefs Kingdom”
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
New in HEQ: "The Transatlantic Adaptation of Universal History" explores universal history in early U.S. education through the work of an adapted text by Alexander Fraser Tytler. It reveals a lot about how civilizational framings supported American exceptionalism. doi.org/10.1017/heq....
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The Transatlantic Adaptation of Universal History: Exploring the Many Editions of Tytler’s Elements of General History | History of Education Quarterly | Cambridge Core
The Transatlantic Adaptation of Universal History: Exploring the Many Editions of Tytler’s Elements of General History
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Ecuador v Curaçao let’s go! Incredible atmosphere.
Selfie at a World Cup game in Kansas City
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 08/05/2026
A federal judge granted the motion for a summary judgment on all counts in favor of the AHA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @modernlanguage.bsky.social in our lawsuit to restore the NEH, ruling that the mass termination of grants was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect." 🗃️
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Federal Judge Rules to Restore National Endowment of the Humanities Funding In Historic Case - AHA
Statements From American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association on the Ruling FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 7, 2026 - This afternoon US District J...
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
At a conference in LA and why did they choose to make security droids look like Daleks?
LA security bot
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Whit @drwhit.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Good evening, everyone! Just a heads-up: we've got a whopper of a Texas SBOE meeting tomorrow. Things are getting to a dramatic pitch on the social studies standards revision and the literacy lists. Watch this thread tomorrow at 9 AM CT ⬇️. I'll be here all day so you don't have to.
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Meeting Agenda — Current | State Board of Education
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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With history standards prone to politicization, ‘minimalism’ approach would benefit teachers, scholar argues
Stephen Jackson, education scholar at the University of Kansas, writes in a new article that history education standards are prone to politicization and only stoke the culture wars without improving w...
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Robot Plato? No thanks.
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Melania and the Robot
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
K-12 standards are likely not improving history education, but are providing endless grist for the culture wars. We can do better. In my latest with the Journal of American History, I suggest a minimalist approach to the creation of standards. doi.org/10.1093/jahi...
Article Title: The Best History Standards Govern Least: The Case for Standards Minimalism. By Stephen Jackson
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
K-12 standards are likely not improving history education, but are providing endless grist for the culture wars. We can do better. In my latest with the Journal of American History, I suggest a minimalist approach to the creation of standards. doi.org/10.1093/jahi...
Article Title: The Best History Standards Govern Least: The Case for Standards Minimalism. By Stephen Jackson
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C. Tocci @tocci.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The 2026 CUFA Program Chairs are excited to share the call for proposals with members & the broader #socialstudies community: Continuities, Countercurrents, & Change in Social Studies. Proposals will be due April 13, 2026, 11:59pm Hawaii Standard Time. Submissions go live March 6!
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CUFA 2026 Call for Proposals & Session Types
College & University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies 2026 Annual Conference Chicago, IL | Hyatt Regency Chicago | December 2nd - 4th, 2026 2026 CALL FOR PROPOSALS Cro...
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 07/03/2026
Major news: A @nytimes.com story today reports on developments in our lawsuit, filed with @modernlanguage.bsky.social and @acls1919.bsky.social, opposing the illegal dismantling of the NEH. The article covers newly released discovery in the case. Here’s what discovery confirmed: 🧵(1/7)
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Note the connection between Western and American exceptionalisms, which is a pronounced feature of the contemporary history wars that doesn’t often generate headlines.
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The latest issue of History of Education Quarterly is out. Here's a thread with open-access links to all of the articles...
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The environmental and social harms are clear but it’s also made students tune out, not knowing why they should bother learning or thinking. Now I have to tell them why uni is useful for THEM, beyond just feigning work to get a degree. I’ve gone analog a lot. They’ve actually liked it.
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Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Literally and figuratively confronted by inflation while buying balloons for my kid’s birthday party.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Exploding tree warnings were the last straw. I’d like to speak to Nature’s manager, please.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Well good morning to you too, Kansas!
Beautiful Kansas sunrise.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Cardiac Bears!
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
One of our last and most powerfully unifying American symbols: the unbelievably successful coach who has never smiled one single time.
Curt Cignetti at the CFP Semifinal game on January 9.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I’m glad you’re here with me, Bluesky, here at the end of Stranger Things.
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Alex Hyres @hyres376.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I'm putting together the latest edition of the @aeradivf-history.bsky.social newsletter. If you have any calls that might be of interest to #histed #edhist scholars or if you have published a book in the past year, then please DM me with the call or the citation. cc: @aeraedresearch.bsky.social
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Björn Lundberg @bjornlundberg.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Get ready for ISCHE 2026! The SWG History of Knowledge in the History of Education invites paper proposals for two panels: ✍️ Knowledge & Emotions in the History of Education 📚 General theme: Knowledge + Education Full CFP: shorturl.at/4UNtC Submit by 15 Jan 2026 via: www.conftool.org/ische47
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Great first day of CUFA at #NCSS2025!
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Whit @drwhit.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Good morning! Texas is revising its K-12 social studies standards (TEKS) for 5.5 million kids, & the State Board of Education (SBOE) is meeting today to discuss their progress today. I will be live-tweeting (posting?) about anything that concerns social studies. Follow this thread for updates!
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 17/11/2025
The Texas SBOE had chosen an unusual and radically restructured new framework that significantly reduces coverage of US and world history in the standards. For more information about the ongoing TEKS revision and the implications of these changes, check out the AHA’s Field Guide. 🗃️
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Texas Social Studies TEKS Revision Field Guide - AHA
Support Honest History in Texas Public Schools Over the next few months, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social s...
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
There is a lot going on right now, but if you are in Texas and care about history, consider speaking to the State Board of Education as they ramp up for a revision to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. www.historians.org/news/social-...
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Social Studies TEKS Revision Action Alert - AHA
Over the next few months, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will make decisions with profound implications for the future of history and social studies instruction in Texas public schools. Whe...
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
In keeping with my daughter’s Frozen themed Halloween, today I’m Academic Olaf. I like warm hugs, elbow patches, long discussions of theory, and, especially, SUMMER!
Olaf themed picture
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Lovely to see the sun again after several rainy days.
Picture of the sun peaking through the clouds
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
What a treat to see Critical Role at Radio City Music Hall last night!
Radio City Music Hall sign regarding show from Critical Role.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I spent too much time worrying about state-run media, and not nearly enough worrying about a media-run state.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Celebrating ten cancer free years today!
Selfie celebrating a decade since my last cancer treatment.A certificate of completing my last radiation treatment a decade ago.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
🐻 ⬇️
Selfie while cheering on the Bears at Arrowhead Stadium
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Greeted by a beautiful Lawrence sunset after teaching this evening.
KU’s Lawrence campus at sunset.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
My article with the Journal of Beliefs and Values is officially out in print! I explore how the British Empire served as a medium for the diffusion of religious instruction in the colonies of settlement from the late 19th century to the 1960s. Free link here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IMHR8...
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‘Harmonise with the rest of the Empire’: Empire’s influence on religious instruction in Australian and New Zealand primary schools, 1880–1962
This article argues that imperial identities embracing Britishness within Anglo-settler colonies significantly influenced provisions for religious education in Australia and New Zealand primary sch...
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
My generational divide moment for the first week of class: Attended an orientation in which the icebreaker was “what song is your most liked on Spotify,” but I don’t fully understand why you need to like songs on Spotify nor could I recognize 80% of the songs/bands mentioned.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Every day I become more certain that we are living in the timeline in which Biff received Gray’s Sports Almanac.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Hilarious student essay from 1850: “Laziness The Best Policy,” from the Springdale Memento, Springdale Boarding School in Virginia.
“Laziness The Best Policy” Part I.“Laziness The Best Policy” Part II“Laziness The Best Policy” Part III
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Never change, New England
Giant sea bug on top of restaurant
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Thrilled to be starting my time as a fellow with @amantiquarian.bsky.social! Lovely to work at such a beautiful world class library.
Exterior of American Antiquarian SocietyAmerican Antiquarian Society reading room.
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Alex Hyres @hyres376.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
As the secretary of @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Division F, I have created a Blusky account. If you are interested in history of education or related topics, then give us a follow @aeradivf-history.bsky.social #histed #edhist
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
"History should be taught and studied for its own sake, regardless of consequences, solely with a view to know the truth."
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Received my pre-order yesterday, and am so far finding it fascinating. A compelling account of the origin and many uses (abuses?) of the idea of ‘the West’ as a cultural/political category.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Peak Kansas at the final Symphony on the Flint Hills today. Even had a rendition of a Home on the Range and a cattle drive.
Sunset on the Flint HillsSelfie during intermission at Symphony on the Flint Hills.View of the Flint Hills.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
19th century educator Mary Sheldon Barnes here provides a powerful justification for why we should wrestle with original documents, and also a fair answer to AI enthusiasts looking to outsource critical thinking. #histed. #skystorians
“But it takes more time? good friend, it does; and it takes more time to solve a problem in arithmetic, than to read its answer; and more time to read a Shakespeare, than to read that Shakespeare was the greatest dramatist of all the ages; and more time, finally, to read the American constition and the American newspaper, and make up your own mind how to vote your own vote,  than it does to be put into a ‘block of five.’- *But what is time for?*” Mary Sheldon Barnes, The Academy: A Journal of Secondary Education, Volume IV, 1889-90, 291.
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Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Delighted to learn a little #histed while on a brewery tour yesterday.The Annheuser-Busch brewery is located on Pestalozzi Street, and is right on the site of the Lyon School in St. Louis, constructed in 1868. I’m sure Johann Pestalozzi would be proud.
Lyon School, which became an administrative building for Annheuser-Busch. St. Louis, Mo.Sign for Pestalozzi Street, St. Louis, MO
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