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A Tribute to Amo Houghton | Leader, Advocate, and Pioneer

Amory “Amo” Houghton, Jr was a man of extraordinary accomplishments who over his lifetime brought leadership, skill, and humanity to all he touched.  Born into wealth generated by vision and technological innovation, he had a successful business career for more Read more

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The American Road, LHI Awardees debut at NCSS

The National Council for Social Studies was a founding partner of The American Road and remains a partner to this day.  It is for this reason that we are especially proud of the presentations and work of the six awardees Read more

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Lewis-Houghton Initiative published in Music Educators Journal

The variety and innovation of the six  awarded of the Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative (LHI) at the Library of Congress were recognized in a recent article written by Eileen Manchester, who oversees LHI for the Teaching with Primary Sources Read more

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The American Road Tapestry funded by Library of Congress

Songmasters’ project, The American Road,  was awarded a three-year grant to develop the digital delivery platform, the Tapestry.  The American Road is a music-driven program with three major components – Education, Community, and Media – including music! – for use Read more

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Success! Songmasters Garners $2.5M FY23 Appropriation for Library of Congress

After nearly three years of advocacy with members of both chambers working across the aisle, Songmasters obtained the support of both the Senate and the House to award $2.5 M to establish the L:ewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative (LHI) at Read more

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Getting ready for Gen Alpha

The American Road is designed primarily to engage secondary students. if demographers are right, the first students to experience the American Road will be different from the every generation before them.    Gen Alpha is the name given to this cohort of students. Read more

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Dear Colleague | Congressional Support for Lewis-Houghton Initiative

John Lewis and Amory Houghton, prominent late members of Congress, enthusiastically supported The American Road.  To honor them, we have crafted an FY22 appropriations request entitled the Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative to support the Library of Congress to develop Read more

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Corning Leads The Way – Again

Corning, the company that has brought us so many innovations in glass –  from the Petri dish to fiber optics, smartphone screens and so much more  –  has made another innovative contribution,  this time in education.  Corning is supporting The Read more

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The Unfinished Business of John Lewis and Amo Houghton

The American Road has attracted great champions, perhaps none better known than the late Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and his good friend and former Congressman, Amo Houghton (R-NY).  In the final period of their lives they made this project important Read more

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TEN gets a 10 on The American Road

Tomorrow’s Education Network (TEN), a leader in professional development in curriculum, instruction and assessment, has partnered with Songmasters LLC to develop and deliver The American Road, a collaboratively-conceived education and youth development project.  TEN will serve as fiscal sponsor for the education Read more