Educators worry the plan will deemphasize topics like world geography, history and cultures. The board aims to vote on what ...

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, ...

Georgia students must complete three years of social studies to graduate. One of those years must be U.S. history and another must be world history. The state has detailed social studies standards for ...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has temporarily blocked controversial new academic standards for social studies education while a ...

As the school year starts, a controversial set of social studies materials are making headlines: videos from the conservative media company PragerU. The company, which describes itself as an ...

It’s a change that came quietly this fall, as officials delayed revisions to the state’s social studies course of study for another five to six years, citing an “exemplary” review from the Fordham ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. This article is more than 4 years old. The focus on reading and math ...

Lawmakers in the Iowa House passed a pair of bills Wednesday that would reshape curriculum in K-12 schools, outlining a list of required social studies topics and establishing regular reviews of the ...

The State Board of Education is taking on an overhaul of the social studies curriculum that had been delayed by a split over ...

The state objected to content on topics like the Black Lives Matter movement, socialism and why some citizens ‘take a knee’ during the national anthem. By Sarah Mervosh and Dana Goldstein Florida has ...