In September, the board adopted a plan that emphasizes Texas and U.S. history, while reducing focus on world history and ...

The Texas State Board of Education moved forward this week on overhauling the K-12 social studies curriculum. New learning materials will hone in on Texas and U.S. history, while de-emphasizing world ...

South Carolina social studies teachers are worried about the future of their profession as the Legislature considers eliminating standardized tests in their subject in elementary and middle school. In ...

In Florida, the update to social studies standards doesn’t mark a full revision but rather the inclusion of new content: lessons on communism. The additions follow the passage of a 2024 law that ...

Iowa lawmakers tussled Tuesday evening over school curriculum, engaging in partisan debates about how to teach about U.S. history, race and the role of "social emotional learning" as Republicans moved ...

This article is part of the collection: Social Studies: It’s Time to ReInvest. Social studies is poised for a comeback in U.S. schools. While ELA and math priorities have long enjoyed top billing on ...

Advocacy group Texas Freedom Network, along with the Teach the Truth Coalition, are criticizing the appointment of a panel ...

Thomas Jefferson is out and Frederick Douglass is in. The former slave and civil rights advocate replaces the nation’s third president, author of the Declaration of Independence and founder of two ...

The Rise of a Populist Influencer in the Age of Print Media Audio By Carbonatix When we think of President Woodrow Wilson, we think of a multitude of historical events: the creation of the Federal ...

Today, Breeanna Elliott, a history teacher and the outreach specialist at Boston University’s African Studies Center, shares why an interdisciplinary approach is critical to teach a balanced social ...

One of the first things students learn about in social studies class is the pilgrims, and how different people fled to a new land to start new lives. It’s an oversimplified narrative, one that glosses ...