Florida initially rejected 81 percent of new K-12 social studies instructional materials publishers submitted to be included on the state's adoption list for K-12 teachers to use in their classrooms, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Alabama students will get updated instruction during social studies classes about Alabama history, global affairs and certain topics like civil rights and the Holocaust, officials decided Thursday.

As part of a two-month-long investigation into how black history is taught in the U.S., CBS News took a look at the social studies standards in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The analysis ...

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 ...

A judge has found a “legal defect” in an ethnic studies requirement included in proposed new social studies standards for Minnesota schools, though his decision is under further review. For the past ...

Florida’s department of education announced its rejection of more than 30 textbooks for social studies instruction, and requests for edits of more than 40, earlier this month—a move some experts say ...

In February, social studies teachers spend more time creating lesson plans that honor Black History Month, but educators and students in Central Oregon said Black history should be part of the ...

New high school social studies documents for North Carolina students were changed because of concerns they focused too much on the perspectives of Black people compared to other minority and ...

Join us for an online exploration into key social studies topics, featuring museum resources from the Smithsonian. An online conversation with Smithsonian educators, hosted by the National Museum of ...