The impact of reducing the required number of credits on Pennridge’s social studies curriculum has not been made clear. Pennridge School District (Google maps) Got a question about life in Philly’s ...

A committee of fourth-grade teachers in western Colorado spent months this past school year reviewing potential social studies curriculum. The one they chose was written by Colorado historians and is ...

Schools across the nation are seeking to hire well trained, enthusiastic, and creative teachers who will inspire their students to become knowledgeable and engaged citizens. The Social Studies ...

When Nikita Walker, a parent in Rutherford County, Tenn., saw that her daughter’s homework asked the then-5th grader to write a few sentences in support of slavery, she was confused—and angry.

A student reads a book at at Lily B. Clayton Elementary School in Fort Worth. Proposed changes to the state’s social studies standards have some educators worried. Joyce Marshall Fort Worth ISD As the ...

North Carolina is overhauling what students will learn in social studies classes, putting more emphasis on managing credit cards and spending less time on U.S. history. Newly approved changes mean ...

As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...

The State Board of Education social studies revamp is at a standstill after disagreements emerged over how and when to teach Texas history. Ben Torres / Special Contributor Disagreements over how much ...

The prominent inclusion of ethnic studies in the latest draft of Minnesota’s K-12 social studies standards is attracting more criticism from conservatives. At the urging of the diverse committee ...

Texas fourth and seventh graders spend a year steeped in the state’s history learning about the Texas Revolution, Sam Houston and Barbara Jordan. But that may change soon. Students would have to study ...

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