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 ...

Corrected: Mary A. McFarland, a St. Louis-based education consultant, was misidentified in this article. Also, the International Reading Association convened representatives from subject-area groups ...

More time on social studies boosts kids' reading scores, according to a new study--but more time on reading doesn't. More time on social studies in elementary school boosts reading scores—but more ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Social studies makes up only a small fraction of classroom time for New Hampshire elementary schoolers, but it features heavily in political debates about what's being taught in schools. Schools in ...

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 ...