Derby administrators pushed for a new high school social studies curriculum because teachers have been working without textbooks and other common materials for several years. Teachers recommended a ...

A conservative Riverside County school board that had previously rejected a social studies curriculum that mentioned gay rights activist Harvey Milk reversed course Friday night and said it would go ...

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - On Monday afternoon the Texas State Board of Education gathered for a meeting, and to vote on the state's social studies curriculum moving forward for grades K-12. Board ...

A pilot to infuse Black history and culture in social studies curriculum is gaining ground in the nation’s largest school district, offering a potential model to overcome widespread political debates ...

Temecula Valley Unified School District elementary schools may not have enough social studies textbooks for the upcoming school year after a majority of the school board voted to oppose a new ...

When high school students in a Connecticut district study World War II in the coming year, they will learn about more than just the typical hallmarks like Japanese American detention camps.

EAST ROCKHILL — The Pennridge School Board Monday evening narrowly approved a new social studies curriculum that incorporates the Hillsdale 1776 curriculum despite vehement public opposition. The move ...

The new standards will increase the time students spend learning Texas and U.S. history, and decrease world history, cultures ...

The Iowa State Board of Education is considering changes to the social studies curriculum after a new law required a review ...

LAS CRUCES – After months of planning, writing and revising, the new state social studies standards have been adopted into rule, but there's still a lot to do before New Mexico classrooms see a change ...

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 ...

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