As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...

The percentage of New York City eighth-graders failing the statewide exam in social studies has risen dramatically since Mayor Bloomberg took over the public school system, jumping to 81% last year ...

It’s official: South Dakota has a new set of social studies standards that educators will start teaching to students in the fall of 2025. That’s after the South Dakota Board of Education Standards ...

Twenty years in education has taught me much about politics. Every few years a report is released that seemingly proves that the public schools are failing and that there is one clear, short route to ...

(The Texas Tribune) The State Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies teaching plan that will dedicate more time across school grades to Texas and U.S. history while placing less ...