•Library of Congress: Papers of Three U.S. Presidents Added Online (Andrew Johnson, Chester Alan Arthur and William McKinley) •U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Appointed for a Second Term   The David Ruggles Center introduces a new hands-on classroom curriculum of abolitionist history using primary sources. Visit davidrugglescenter.org/curriculum to learn more. Massachusetts Civic Learning for All website now has a comprehensive online resources portal; hosting a series of free webinars. Mass DESE revamped its new homepage: http://www.doe.mass.edu/.   Massachusetts placed first in the We The People National Finals Challenge! Easthampton High School led by Kelley Brown took first place.

NEWS Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference - 3/14 - UMass Amherst. Register ASAP. INFO. Donate to youth scholarships: collaborative.org/transforminged-giving.  DESE seeks teachers for voluntary, computer-based question tryout in May/June 2020 for new MCAS History and Social Science test in grade 8 civics. Sign up by March 13.  iCivics Celebration of Civics - May 21 - spotlight Massachusetts civics projects. Info.  Submit workshop proposals by Friday, March 13 for DESE’s 2020 Civics Literacy Conference on May 5, 2020 9:15 a.m.-4:00 p.m.  Teaching about Ideology and Other Difficult Topics? Sign up for America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond - Register for April 3-4 workshop in Melrose, Mass.