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 ...

When Sarah Kaka started teaching future social studies teachers about a decade ago, she talked about featuring diverse perspectives and strategies for addressing hard history—the more complicated and ...

The State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a social studies plan that would teach more Texas history across school grades and deemphasize other subjects like world history, cultures and ...

Education builds the base of a student’s future. A strong school program gives every learner the chance to grow in knowledge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The Florida Board of Education approved several tweaks Wednesday to the state’s standards for teaching ...

We are honoring the Top 10 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Peter Philpott, age 16. By The Learning Network In this lesson, we walk students ...

Chloe Hunt is an investigative reporter for Defending Education. This week, the National Council for Social Studies—the largest professional association dedicated to social studies education—is ...

Oklahoma’s new head of education, Lindel Fields, is dropping an unconstitutional requirement for schools to teach Bible-based social studies lessons. The requirement — issued by the state’s former ...

Susan Scheel is in her second year teaching Social Studies at North Ridge Middle School in Danville after working as a ...

What do you notice about partisan control of the newly elected state legislatures and governorships in the United States? What do you wonder? By The Learning Network We asked students, “What are you ...