Technology has changed social studies instruction in many ways—bringing primary sources to students’ classrooms, allowing access to archival information, and using interactive maps to visualize ...

Elementary teachers are left largely to their own devices when it comes to social studies instruction, cobbling together materials from different places with little support or guidance from higher-ups ...

It’s no secret that for years Social Studies (as well as the arts, science and physical education) have been given short shrift in many public schools around the country as academic emphasis has been ...

The concern and spread of misinformation have undeniably increased in recent years. Though, no matter where you point your fingers, the simple fact remains, we need to teach the ability of source ...

All the social studies classes for grades 1-12 in all three school districts have new textbooks for the 2003-2004 school year. It is a good thing, too, since some of the books that were being used ...

Black, Indigenous and other people of color’s persistent lack of access to quality education, health care and housing make it clear that discussion of race in school is appropriate. After all, race ...

Rosie Miller says she moved son Zebediah Miller Williams to Mansfield ISD because of Field Elementary's emphasis on TAKS exams. She says he now has difficulty in science and social studies, subjects ...

The most obvious and well-reported casualties of the last decade in program-slashing educational policy include traditional elective courses like art, music, and physical education. But these are not ...

Oklahoma’s new chief of public schools said changes could be coming to the controversial academic standards for social ...

Interim Superintendent of Oklahoma Schools Lindel Fields said Thursday that changes are coming to Ryan Walters' controversial ...

Ahead of the college entrance examination, the so-called "social studies run" and "probability and statistics run" are increasing. The social studies run refers to natural science students choosing ...