Education News

USC Shoah Foundation Applauds Creation of California Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education

USC Shoah Foundation welcomes the creation of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education. USC Shoah Foundation Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Stephen Smith,…
Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Re-designed IWitness Site Brings Better, Faster, More User-Friendly Features to Students and Educators

USC Shoah Foundation today launches a redesigned IWitness website reimagined to make teaching with testimony more effective, approachable and cutting-edge. The new site features all of the…
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Re-designed IWitness Site Brings Better, Faster, More User-Friendly Features to Students and Educators

USC Shoah Foundation today launches a redesigned IWitness website reimagined to make teaching with testimony more effective, approachable and cutting-edge. The new site features all of the…
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Re-launch of IWitness Canada Brings Testimony to New Generation of Teachers, Students

A four-year initiative to bring together the expertise of USC Shoah Foundation and the Azrieli Foundation—Canada’s leading nationwide Holocaust education program—has culminated with the release…
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Re-launch of IWitness Canada Brings Testimony to New Generation of Teachers, Students

A four-year initiative to bring together the expertise of USC Shoah Foundation and the Azrieli Foundation—Canada’s leading nationwide Holocaust education program—has culminated with the release…
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

They Started As Sixth Graders, and Graduated High School Transformed

Claire Denault’s Southern California private high school had a problem with classism. So she decided to approach the issue in a way she knew would resonate with her peers: through story. As the…
Monday, September 20, 2021

Back to School Activities to Help Teachers Address Critical Contemporary Issues

USC Shoah Foundation today launches its 2021-2022 Back to School package, a suite of testimony-based resources on IWitness to help educators navigate the complex issues created by the Covid-19…
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Back to School Activities to Help Teachers Address Critical Contemporary Issues

USC Shoah Foundation today launches its 2021-2022 Back to School package, a suite of testimony-based resources on IWitness to help educators navigate the complex issues created by the Covid-19…
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Back to School Activities to Help Teachers Address Critical Contemporary Issues

USC Shoah Foundation today launches its 2021-2022 Back to School package, a suite of testimony-based resources on IWitness to help educators navigate the complex issues created by the Covid-19…
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

New Partnership to Develop Holocaust Education Programming for Medical Community

USC Shoah Foundation and the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust are partnering to develop new and innovative educational programing on medical ethics and the Holocaust. …
Friday, July 30, 2021