Historians and history educators have been trying for decades to wrest control of school curricula from under the dominion of the social studies. Now, they are quietly celebrating what they see as ...

Pennridge cuts social studies requirements, but keeps world history course The impact of reducing the required number of credits on Pennridge’s social studies curriculum has not been made clear.

Studies published by The Social Studies, a peer-reviewed journal, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization demonstrate the price of schools failing to teach the ...

Civics and history groups have responded to these results for years with calls for increased funding and support for the subjects. Social studies has long fought for instructional time and ...

TO teach social studies, one must have the knowledge and awareness of different viewpoints that can either complement or ...

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 ...

A state school board member this week plans to propose a new set of social studies standards for Colorado’s students – one crafted by a national conservative education coalition. The standards ...