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March 6, 2026

Scholars Endorse Tennessee Senate Bill 1890

National Association of Scholars

Tennessee’s Senate has happily just passed Senate Bill 1890. We urge the Tennessee House to pass its companion bill, House Bill 1805, and we urge Governor Bill Lee to sign the bill into law......

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March 5, 2026

NAS Supports Idaho Senate Bill 1336 to Reform K-12 Social Education

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Idaho Senate Bill 1336 will educate Idaho’s children to know more of America and the West, and above all, to know what there is to love about our country and its ideals.

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February 25, 2026

Iowa House File 2510 Offers Second Path to Reform State Social Studies Standards

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Iowa policymakers now have produced two excellent bills for social studies standard reform. We urge that these two groups of reformers make common cause, and agree on a particular approach to use.

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February 10, 2026

Scholars Endorse Iowa House File 2286

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The NAS and the Civics Alliance enthusiastically endorse House File 2286—but we do not do so to close off other ways of reforming Iowa’s social studies standards.

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January 21, 2026

Iowa's Social Studies Standards Revision Falls Short

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Iowa’s citizens and Iowa’s policymakers should not be satisfied by the Department of Education’s inadequate revision of Iowa’s social studies standards. They deserve better and......

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December 9, 2024

NAS Applauds the Passage of HR 5349, the Crucial Communism Teaching Act

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HR 5349 is a step in the right direction. The bill will ensure that students know about the tyrannical nature of Communist thought, the blood-stained history of Communist regimes, and the in......

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April 28, 2023

Comments on College Board Duplicity in Florida

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The NAS is keeping an eye on the College Board as it continues its efforts in Florida to radicalize curriculum.

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November 21, 2022

Statement and Recommendations on the Revised Virginia Social Studies Standards

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The National Association of Scholars and the Civics Alliance provide further suggestions to improve the revised draft of the Virginia Social Studies Standards.

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