The state Department of Education-operated event featured over 500 students from 44 counties this year. There were three divisions of students — third-through-fifth grade, middle school, and high ...

A low-stakes assignment culminating in an investigative paper has worked wonders in this teacher’s AP World History classroom ...

It all started with a failed lesson plan. I had a pleasant surprise yesterday: a former student named Jason, who had graduated two years ago with a teaching certificate and a self-designed individual ...

Amid the chorus of much-needed criticisms of the No Child Left Behind Act, hardly a note has been heard in the media about the “squeezing” of social studies, a significant consequence of the pressure ...

Schools across the nation are seeking to hire well trained, enthusiastic, and creative teachers who will inspire their students to become knowledgeable and engaged citizens. The Social Studies ...

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Students, parents and teachers say Texas’ new social studies plan feels rushed and will exclude key perspectives and historical events.

“Social Studies” begins during the first week of school in late summer/fall of 2021. Greenfield centers on several teens from different high schools, races and socioeconomic backgrounds who return to ...

The Texas Public Policy Foundation awarded the grant to Schreiner University’s Texas Center, which is led by a historian guiding the state in its social studies revision.

The total cost of curriculum adoption is $2,543,561, which will be spent in the fiscal year 2027 budget approved by the board ...