FORUM: Have Professional Historians Neglected Their Duty to Help High School Students Learn History?

The American Historical Review will host an on-line discussion of the June 2005 Forum Essay, "From Bold Beginnings to an Uncertain Future: The Discipline of History and History Education" by Robert Orrill and Linn Shapiro. This article, which charts the changing involvement of academic historians in elementary and secondary schools over the last 100 years, asserts that the history profession today has largely failed to live up to its historic role as shapers of public education.

Please note that this discussion has been rescheduled. It was originally scheduled for September 1 to 15, but the dates have been changed so that both authors can be available throughout. It will now take place from September 26 to October 9. Please join us then. For more information, please CLICK HERE.