I just discovered there’s a reference to WIST in the English Language Arts (ELA) text exemplars for the Common Core curriculum as implemented by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI). These are “sample texts intended to guide educators as they thoughtfully select texts to use as vehicles for teaching the ELA Common Core State Standards (CCSS).”

On Page 8 of the PDF, under Informational Texts for grades 9-10, we have a reference to Learned Hand’s “I Am an American Day Address”, pointing to this WIST page.

WIST: Doing Its Part to Educate Kids (at least in North Carolina).