It has little of the drama of the great debates that persuaded the colonists to take up arms against the British more than two centuries ago. Modern-day historians and history educators have been more ...

Educators worry the plan will deemphasize topics like world geography, history and cultures. The board aims to vote on what specific content social studies lessons will include by next summer.

Harvard’s History Department should make History 10 a modern world history survey course that includes map quizzes, sit-down exams, in-class essays, and (gasp) even some date memorization.

A state school board member this week plans to propose a new set of social studies standards for Colorado’s students – one crafted by a national conservative education coalition. The standards focus ...

The impact of reducing the required number of credits on Pennridge’s social studies curriculum has not been made clear. Pennridge School District (Google maps) Got a question about life in Philly’s ...

The prominent inclusion of ethnic studies in the latest draft of Minnesota’s K-12 social studies standards is attracting more criticism from conservatives. At the urging of the diverse committee ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Florida Department of Education on Tuesday announced that it had rejected 34 social studies textbooks for K-12 students in the coming year. In some of the books the department approved, publishers ...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered the state to stop implementing controversial social studies standards as a lawsuit works ...