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href="https://www.historians.org/news/aha-oah-statement-on-executive-order-ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/">a joint statement</a> on the presidential executive order <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/">“Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling.”</a> ACH has signed on in support of this statment which condemns the Executive Order's claims of "radical indoctrination" in history education.</p> <p>We do note that this letter leaves out mention of a significant way history education is harmed: the Executive Order's explicit violence toward trans and queer history, and the rights of trans and queer students and educators. For more information on Executive Orders (EOs) and the harmful impact of anti-trans rhetoric about "radical indoctrination" on students and teachers see Courtnie Wolfgang's zine <a href="https://zinebakery.com/redistro/support-queer-trans-students-teachers-ri-eo-details">"Supporting and affirming queer and trans students and their teachers: WTF is the radical indoctrination EO?"</a></p> </section> </article> <nav class="related-posts boxed-regular"> <ul> <li class="previous-post"> <a href=/news/2025/02/constitution-bylaws-update/ rel="prev"> <small class="post-date"> <time dateTime=2025-02-09> February 8, 2025 </time> </small> <span class="post-title"> <svg stroke="currentColor" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="0" viewBox="0 0 448 512" class="icon mr-2" aria-hidden="true" height="1em" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M257.5 445.1l-22.2 22.2c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L7 273c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L201.4 44.7c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l22.2 22.2c9.5 9.5 9.3 25-.4 34.3L136.6 216H424c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v32c0 13.3-10.7 24-24 24H136.6l120.5 114.8c9.8 9.3 10 24.8.4 34.3z"></path> </svg> ACH Constitution & Bylaws Update </span> </a> </li> <li class="next-post"> <a href=/news/2025/02/neh-statement/ rel="next"> <small class="post-date"> <time dateTime=2025-02-10> February 9, 2025 </time> </small> <span class="post-title"> <svg stroke="currentColor" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="0" viewBox="0 0 448 512" class="icon ml-2" aria-hidden="true" height="1em" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M190.5 66.9l22.2-22.2c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L441 239c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L246.6 467.3c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.2-22.2c-9.5-9.5-9.3-25 .4-34.3L311.4 296H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24v-32c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h287.4L190.9 101.2c-9.8-9.3-10-24.8-.4-34.3z"></path> </svg> ACH Statement of Support for NEH </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </main> <footer class="boxed-regular"> <div class="license-icons" aria-hidden="true"> <svg stroke="currentColor" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="0" viewBox="0 0 496 512" class="icon" height="1em" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M245.83 214.87l-33.22 17.28c-9.43-19.58-25.24-19.93-27.46-19.93-22.13 0-33.22 14.61-33.22 43.84 0 23.57 9.21 43.84 33.22 43.84 14.47 0 24.65-7.09 30.57-21.26l30.55 15.5c-6.17 11.51-25.69 38.98-65.1 38.98-22.6 0-73.96-10.32-73.96-77.05 0-58.69 43-77.06 72.63-77.06 30.72-.01 52.7 11.95 65.99 35.86zm143.05 0l-32.78 17.28c-9.5-19.77-25.72-19.93-27.9-19.93-22.14 0-33.22 14.61-33.22 43.84 0 23.55 9.23 43.84 33.22 43.84 14.45 0 24.65-7.09 30.54-21.26l31 15.5c-2.1 3.75-21.39 38.98-65.09 38.98-22.69 0-73.96-9.87-73.96-77.05 0-58.67 42.97-77.06 72.63-77.06 30.71-.01 52.58 11.95 65.56 35.86zM247.56 8.05C104.74 8.05 0 123.11 0 256.05c0 138.49 113.6 248 247.56 248 129.93 0 248.44-100.87 248.44-248 0-137.87-106.62-248-248.44-248zm.87 450.81c-112.54 0-203.7-93.04-203.7-202.81 0-105.42 85.43-203.27 203.72-203.27 112.53 0 202.82 89.46 202.82 203.26-.01 121.69-99.68 202.82-202.84 202.82z"></path></svg> <svg stroke="currentColor" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="0" viewBox="0 0 496 512" class="icon" height="1em" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M314.9 194.4v101.4h-28.3v120.5h-77.1V295.9h-28.3V194.4c0-4.4 1.6-8.2 4.6-11.3 3.1-3.1 6.9-4.7 11.3-4.7H299c4.1 0 7.8 1.6 11.1 4.7 3.1 3.2 4.8 6.9 4.8 11.3zm-101.5-63.7c0-23.3 11.5-35 34.5-35s34.5 11.7 34.5 35c0 23-11.5 34.5-34.5 34.5s-34.5-11.5-34.5-34.5zM247.6 8C389.4 8 496 118.1 496 256c0 147.1-118.5 248-248.4 248C113.6 504 0 394.5 0 256 0 123.1 104.7 8 247.6 8zm.8 44.7C130.2 52.7 44.7 150.6 44.7 256c0 109.8 91.2 202.8 203.7 202.8 103.2 0 202.8-81.1 202.8-202.8.1-113.8-90.2-203.3-202.8-203.3z"></path></svg> <svg stroke="currentColor" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="0" viewBox="0 0 496 512" class="icon" height="1em" width="1em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M247.6 8C389.4 8 496 118.1 496 256c0 147.1-118.5 248-248.4 248C113.6 504 0 394.5 0 256 0 123.1 104.7 8 247.6 8zm.8 44.7C130.2 52.7 44.7 150.6 44.7 256c0 109.8 91.2 202.8 203.7 202.8 103.2 0 202.8-81.1 202.8-202.8.1-113.8-90.2-203.3-202.8-203.3zM137.7 221c13-83.9 80.5-95.7 108.9-95.7 99.8 0 127.5 82.5 127.5 134.2 0 63.6-41 132.9-128.9 132.9-38.9 0-99.1-20-109.4-97h62.5c1.5 30.1 19.6 45.2 54.5 45.2 23.3 0 58-18.2 58-82.8 0-82.5-49.1-80.6-56.7-80.6-33.1 0-51.7 14.6-55.8 43.8h18.2l-49.2 49.2-49-49.2h19.4z"></path></svg> </div> <p>Content licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>.</p> </footer> </body> </html>