Social studies groups statewide are pushing back against a plan out of Albany they say would downgrade the importance of coursework in history and civics during a time when such lessons should take ...

The Texas SBOE released its Social Studies TEKS draft, citing record teacher and parent participation and defending the 2023 review process.

With a social studies education major, you’ll explore your love of history, government, and social studies while gaining the skills to share it with middle and high school students. Become who you’re ...

History and Civics textbooks and curricula vary widely by state, and even by district. Mississippi is among the states seeking to ban the 1619 Project. Credit: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report ...

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 ...

Iowa House lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Kim Reynolds Wednesday that would add requirements for instruction in social studies classes related to the history of the U.S. and Western civilization. The ...

Keynote speaker, journalist Carl Azuz speaks to educators from around the country at the annual National Council for the Social Studies conference in Nashville. Credit: Javeria Salman for The ...

Political debate and pressure took center stage this year when it came to states’ expectations for how history and civics are taught in K-12 schools. Social studies standards help guide instruction in ...

May 16 (UPI) --The Florida Department of Education announced on April 10 that it had rejected 35% of the social studies books publishers submitted for approval and use in the state's public schools.

Shouting matches at school board meetings. State laws that restrict classroom discussions of race and gender. And students who—despite this vocal resistance from some adults, and in some cases, ...

With a world literally and figuratively burning around them, high school social studies teachers are charged with engaging students in sensitive topics. Social studies curricula today, for example, is ...