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North Central’s Myah Rodriguez pursuing her own history after beating cancer

Myah Rodriguez’s favorite subject is history, but she’s failing in the all-important subject of North Central High School Sports Trivia.

Last week, the NC senior and volleyball player walked into the main office the morning after a big win over Rogers High School. She was greeted by…

2018-09-18
Western’s Johann Neem Appointed to American Historical Review’s Board of Editors 2018-08-23
Enough with top-down education reform. It’s time for a grass-roots approach

Op-ed by WWU's Johann Neem

2018-07-31
It's the last week of the Tournées Film Festival at Western Washington University 2018-04-23
Dissecting a Glowing Report on Online Learning

Johann Neem, professor of history, Western Washington University

The report “Making Digital Learning Work” (2018) concludes that combining face-to-face with online courses…

2018-04-18
WWU to Host Tournées French Film Festival in April 2018-03-29
On Torture, America Must Reckon with More than Gina Haspel

From allies’ mistrust to the fate of the 9/11 detainees, the U.S. legacy of atrocity still corrodes national security.

2018-03-19
A time for school choice? If so, let’s make sure we ask the right questions

Will we have public schools a decade from now? What will they look like? For the first time since the 19th century, or perhaps since debates over…

2018-03-08
Skills don’t matter (outside their context)

Skills do not matter.

Let me say that again. On their own, skills do not matter.

This is worth saying in response to Thursday’s Inside…

2018-02-26
University Of Melbourne’s Trevor Burnard to Discuss the Transatlantic Slave Trade at WWU Feb. 15 2018-02-13
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