RevEd: Revolutionary Educators
RevEd (or Revolutionary Educators) is both a conference strand and a community that works to bring together educators from K-12 classrooms, museums, and teacher education programs with public historians to explore innovative ways to bring emerging history scholarship to classrooms and museums across the country.
The next RevEd event will occur October 23-25, 2025 in Williamsburg, VA.
Previous RevEd Experiences:
On October 27th, 2022, nearly 100 museum and historic site educators, teacher educators, and K-12 teachers gathered in-person and online for the inaugural RevEd Teacher Summit for 2026. Participants connected with colleagues nationwide to explore challenges and possibilities and apply actionable strategies to their teaching. RevEd was generously supported by William & Mary, Teacher InSites, and the Virginia 250 Commission. Many participants also opted to stay in Williamsburg to attend the For 2026 Conference hosted by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (OI), William & Mary, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation at no extra cost.
The second RevEd Teacher Summit met on October 26-28, 2023. The theme for this event was "For 2026: Contested Freedoms." Participation in this year's conference grew to include more than 120 museum educators, teacher educators, and K-12 classroom teachers from 3 tribal nations, 24 states, and the District of Columbia meeting in person and online. In addition to researcher–to-researcher panels and workshops for scholars of the American Revolution and Vast Early America, we offered sessions for and by museum educators, teacher educators, and classroom teachers. These sessions explored ways to bridge theory and practice to advance an expansive, inclusive history of early America that accounts for the diversity of people and experiences that shaped the period.
The third RevEd program met October 24-26, 2024. The theme was "Virginia's Revolutionary Histories & Beyond." The event attracted over a hundred K-12 teachers, museum professionals, and others to a bespoke experience hosted by William & Mary, the Omohundro Institute, and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. A key part of the event was the pre-conference workshop "Teaching History in Divisive Times."
