The social studies rewrite has become a thorny political process, with officials clashing over the portrayal of slavery, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thomas Jefferson is out and Frederick Douglass is in. The former slave and civil rights advocate replaces the nation’s third president, author of the Declaration of Independence and founder of two ...

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Kids take SC READY tests in ELA and math at the end of each year between third and eight grade, and in science in fourth and ...

The State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a social studies plan that would teach more Texas history across school grades and deemphasize other subjects like world history, cultures and ...

Over the summer, Social Studies Adolescent Education-History dual major Josiah Carnegie experienced a unique opportunity to see Public History in action in New Orleans. Josiah participated in the 2025 ...

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, ...

When Nikita Walker, a parent in Rutherford County, Tenn., saw that her daughter’s homework asked the then-5th grader to write a few sentences in support of slavery, she was confused—and angry.