Chiefs Group Terminates Role in Social Studies Framework
The Council of the Chief State School Officers cites the need to focus its energy on helping states implement common standards in mathematics and English/language arts. Read Full Post >
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June 07, 2013
April 24, 2013
Exemplary Civics Programs Highlighted
A new brief from the Education Commission of the States outlines best practices in civics instruction, such as focusing on controversial issues that students find relevant to their lives. Read Full Post >
November 19, 2012
Framework—Not Common Standards—for Social Studies
States and professional organizations are creating a document intended to help states that wish to redesign their own standards in that subject. Read Full Post >
October 18, 2012
Framework for Social Studies Standards To Be Released
Developers from more than 20 states and 15 social-studies groups worked together to shape guidance for instruction. Read Full Post >
July 05, 2012
Coalition Seeks Federal Support for 'Comprehensive' Education
Amid concern that funding to promote academic disciplines beyond reading, mathematics, and science is getting squeezed out of the federal budget, more than two dozen education organizations are banding together in a new coalition to more effectively make their case to policymakers. Members of the n... Read Full Post >
May 25, 2012
Mass. Mulls, Maryland Moves On Social Studies Graduation Requirement
Massachusetts plans to require high school seniors to pass a test in U.S. history to graduate, and Maryland approves a law to reinstate passage of a test in U.S. government. Read Full Post >
May 02, 2012
What Should High School Students Know About the Federal Budget?
Teachers College has created a high school curriculum on the federal budget, arguing that young people should understand the process in order to informed, engaged citizens. Read Full Post >
April 26, 2012
State Waiver Plans Expand Test Menu for Accountability
Some states have signaled plans to factor additional subjects, such as science and social studies, into revised accountability systems. Read Full Post >
March 27, 2012
Report Says Textbook Handling of Islam 'Indoctrinates' Students
A group that seeks to expose the 'multiple threats posed by radical Islam' charges that leading U.S. textbooks give a biased portrayal of the religion. Read Full Post >
February 15, 2012
Girls Like Biology, Boys Like Physics? AP Data Hint at Preferences
New AP data shed light on gender preferences across subject areas. Read Full Post >
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