ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author talks about John K. Lee and Kathy Swan's response to Alan Sears's commentary. The author examines areas of agreement and disagreement and suggests some ways forward in conversation about the roles of educational policy in uniting history and social studies. Decades of curricular marginalization and a consistent flow of scholarship about learning in the disciplines, coupled with a consensus view of the purposes of social studies, make for sturdy ground upon which to stand when crying out for policy changes. Specifically, Sears sees opportunities within socially just policy actions, such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. At the same time, Sears is skeptical that any coordinated national efforts in Canada will affect change in social education. Where one see potential is in the activation of teacher networks, as a grassroots movement, to take action on the policy ideas we share about social studies. The C3 Framework offers a context to do just that.
