Matthew Levey

Matthew Levey has worked as a diplomat and strategy consultant. In 2013, he founded a charter elementary school in Brooklyn. His essays on education have been published widely. Matthew helps lead StandardsWork’s “history matters” initiatives.

Posts By Matthew Levey

History

What Ken Burns and Joe Rogan Taught Me About History Class

Last month, I found myself unexpectedly drawn into a nearly three‑hour conversation between documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and podcaster Joe Rogan. In a world dominated by TikToks and Instagram...

Literacy

Teaching History Without Stories? Your Curriculum May Need a Serious Glow Up.

From its founding, the lodestone of the Knowledge Matters Campaign has been evidence-based, content-rich English language arts (ELA) curricula. A possible unintended consequence of the success of...

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