A new course in the Graduate School of Education is bringing an innovative approach to teaching Black history to educators by combining children’s literature with social studies to create a rich, ...

Educators worry the plan will deemphasize topics like world geography, history and cultures. The board aims to vote on what specific content social studies lessons will include by next summer.

The Arizona Republican Party’s nominee for governor, Kari Lake, is telling supporters there’s no reason for schools to spend so much time teaching science, math, and history. If elected she would ...

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, ...

Keynote speaker, journalist Carl Azuz speaks to educators from around the country at the annual National Council for the Social Studies conference in Nashville. Credit: Javeria Salman for The ...

Barton’s appointment comes ahead of what is expected to be a politically charged debate over how and what children should ...

On Monday, WRAL reported that North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the highest-ranking Republican in the state, called for eliminating science and history classes from elementary schools. In his ...

The new question of the week is: What are your suggestions for how to make social studies classes culturally responsive? In Part One, Denise Facey, Sarah Cooper, Dennisha Murf, and Keisha Rembert ...

TEA Commissioner Mike Morath touted the Alamo's new 'History Heroes' campaign as the state reconsiders how Texas students ...

Learn to be a teacher who can deliver high-quality developmentally appropriate instruction to help children to meet life-long academic and social success. As a Middle Childhood Education major, you ...

Rickela Reed is a 4th Grade English/Language Arts and Social Studies teacher at Arlington Elementary School in Jackson. See ...

(The Texas Tribune) The State Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies teaching plan that will dedicate more time across school grades to Texas and U.S. history while placing less ...