Jonathan S. Jones

Here are the new public education laws going into effect in Texas this school year We break down what new Texas laws are going into effect Sept. 1, 2025.

This list is practically out of the 1800s. It’s unreal, but real. When I was a public high school teacher in TX, just a decade ago, the ideas codified in these laws were literally laughable. And now they are law. Heartbroken. www.wfaa.com/article/news...

Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education These 14 foundational principles are meant to assist educators and administrators in crafting AI policies suited to local circumstances and the specific needs of students.

ICYMI, the AHA recently released "Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education"

www.historians.org/resource/gui...

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Really glad and inspired to see Texas Dems put up a fight. If you think it’s silly that they had to flee the state to voice opposition, consider how we got here nationally but especially in Texas, where things are already gerrymandered to hell, making “normal” opposition impossible years ago.

Vietnam polling source: www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learn...

This table shows Gallup polling data from 1965-1971 tracking the percentage of Americans who said "no" when asked if the U.S. made a mistake sending troops to fight in Vietnam, with support declining from 61% in August 1965 to 35% in August 1968 to 28% by May 1971.

new polling suggests that American support for Israel's genocide in Gaza is starting to mirror how Americans felt about the US's conduct in Vietnam after the Tet Offensive in 1968-69 (from the big picture, at least) 🗃️
www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/p...

Readers, if you don't know, course evals are often a nightmare for women & faculty of color. I've had friends & colleagues report students commenting on their appearance, using racial slurs, & making all sorts of misogynistic comments.
white male = genius, non-white/female = pushing an agenda.

Wonderful, thank you!

Thanks!

Thanks!

Awesome, thank you so much, that’s really kind of you!

Hi y'all 🗃️, I need some historiography help. I'm advising a student doing work on 20th century history of cyclones in SE Asia, focusing mainly on disaster response and politics/diplomacy. Any book or article suggestions?

Julia Irwin's Catastrophic Diplomacy is top of our list, but we need more lit

Yes! So we did this exercise with chatbots purporting to stand in for Frederick Douglass in my Civil War and Reconstruction class at JMU. Biggest takeaway from students? LLMs do a god awful job of emulating Douglass AND he would've hated having his powerful, inimitable voice stolen by big tech 🗃️

Dying Before Germ Theory As RFK questions germ theory, and measles ravages unvaccinated children, Americans need to know what is at risk. Americans died at higher rates and younger ages before the introduction of germ theo…

While I would prefer that my historical research have less relevance, please read and consider what it was like to fall ill and die before germ theory. #histmed 🗃️ nursingclio.org/2025/07/21/d...

Have you seen this petition yet? Save Iowa History 2025 Redux

Consider signing this petition to save Iowa History by keeping archives and research resources open and accessible: chng.it/M8BxpyGZgh

Four-year-old girl dies of hunger in Gaza as Israel throttles food supply | CNN Four-year old Razan Abu Zaher gave up her fight for life on Sunday.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/m...

Check out Uncensored, the archive created by ex-NPS historians that documentes which stories have been censored by the administration www.resistancerangers.org/rangers-unce...

Back 31 years ago, Disney's attempt to build a theme park next to the Manassas battlefields was decisively rebuffed. It's absolutely not clear to me that AI data centers are deserving of any better reception, or indeed, of any reception other than what Disney's America got back then.

congrats!

'We're not just gonna roll over': The US Civil War battlefield at the centre of a new conflict This US state saw some 50% of the nation's Civil War casualties. Now, mass construction of AI data centres is encroaching on its historic lands, the environment and local communities.

Y'all we need join with @battlefields.org and say a hard no to data centers that would ruin Northern Virginia's battlefields! 🗃️ www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Do not lead the goats.

John Kerry says 'Trump was right', Democrats allowed migrant 'siege' of border "Without a border protected, you don't have a nation," the former secretary of state tells the BBC.

Wow, I can't even www.bbc.com/news/article...

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chat transcripts can work

Brilliant! Exactly what I need, thanks!

exactly, documenting any work the AI did for them

Y'all, I'm looking for a way for students who use Claude, ChatGPT, etc on a paper editing assignment (with my permission of course) to document their work, like showing their work on math homework. Does anyone know of a better way to do this than having students provide chat transcripts? 🗃️

YouTube video by American Historical Association Teaching with Integrity: Historians Speak

History should make you uncomfortable. Watch seven historians describe how exploring America’s past honestly in the classroom benefits the nation’s students, and how the #FreedomToLearn also strengthens our shared democracy. 🗃️

Thanks so much, I appreciate it!!

same and regretting it 😂

a short page of text with an oversized footnote, from The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion

Imagine proof reading this footnote 🫠 (from The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion Part 2 Volume 1)