Education News

After a School Year of Turmoil, a Summer of Empathy

Carson Sizemore is already bracing for the tough conversations she will have in her 10th grade government class at her private high school in Albany, a small city on the banks of the Flint River in…
Friday, July 16, 2021

Hungarian Speaking Graduates of Teaching with Testimony Program Celebrate Milestone Anniversary

Graduates of the Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century professional development program came together last month to celebrate the program's 10th anniversary in Hungary. The event took place…
Friday, July 16, 2021

Dr. Ruth Shares Message of Strength, Inclusion with New York City Second Graders

A group of 30 second-grade children in New York City took part in a Tour for Tolerance event earlier this month that featured a virtual read-along given by famed broadcaster and Holocaust survivor Dr…
Thursday, June 24, 2021

“Tiny Screen Concert” is Huge Gift for Teachers, Students

USC Shoah Foundation and Mona Golabek had an end-of-school-year gift for Zoomed-out teachers: a 30-minute, all-inclusive concert/history lesson/social-emotional learning tutorial with messages about…
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Mona Golabek Brings ‘Willesden Lane’ to New York City/Tri-state Audiences

USC Shoah Foundation partner and celebrated pianist Mona Golabek is scheduled to bring her livestreamed theatrical performance and concert to students and educators in New York, New Jersey, and…
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

USC Shoah Foundation Launches Web-Based Interactive Biography of Holocaust Survivor and Educator Pinchas Gutter on IWitness

The Institute for Visual History and Education (USC Shoah Foundation) has launched ‘Dimensions in Testimony Education’ featuring the interactive biography of Holocaust Survivor and Educator Pinchas…
Monday, April 26, 2021

USC Shoah Foundation Launches Web-Based Interactive Biography of Holocaust Survivor and Educator Pinchas Gutter on IWitness

The Institute for Visual History and Education (USC Shoah Foundation) has launched ‘Dimensions in Testimony Education’ featuring the interactive biography of Holocaust Survivor and Educator Pinchas…
Monday, April 26, 2021

USC Shoah Foundation Launches Web-Based Interactive Biography of Holocaust Survivor and Educator Pinchas Gutter on IWitness

The Institute for Visual History and Education (USC Shoah Foundation) has launched ‘Dimensions in Testimony Education’ featuring the interactive biography of Holocaust Survivor and Educator Pinchas…
Monday, April 26, 2021

We Remember Karen Wells

We lost a giant in the fight against hate yesterday - Karen Wells, educator from Midland High School in Pleasant Plains, Arkansas, Discovery Education DEN leader, and IWitness Master Educator and…
Monday, March 22, 2021

Stronger than Hate: Our Response to Racism and the Atlanta-Area Spa Killings

Today we mourn the murder of eight people in Georgia that includes six Asian women — and we are appalled by the increased acts of anti-Asian hate and violence across the United States&nbsp…
Friday, March 19, 2021