For more than two decades, Emily Young has dedicated her career to helping students see beyond the walls of 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, ...

All North Carolina social studies teachers have new guidance for teaching social studies, to complement their new standards, via documents approved by the State Board of Education on Thursday. The ...

The North Carolina State Board of Education on Wednesday discussed a set of documents designed to help school districts and teachers form curriculum based on the state’s new social studies standards.

Kenneth Anthony receives funding from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program. He is a past president and member of the Mississippi Council for the Social Studies. Though public ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Educators think it’s important to teach science and social studies to ...

Morehead State Professor of Teacher Education Dr. Kimberlee Sharp's has been recognized for her impact in the classroom. The Kentucky Council for Social Studies (KCSS) recently awarded Sharp the Meece ...

A new study suggests that elementary students who spend more time on social studies become better readers. The report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that spending 30 minutes a day more on ...

COOS BAY — Elementary students in the Coos Bay School District are going to be taught Social Studies through newspapers. In a new district-wide curriculum update, CBSD purchased brand new Social ...

The Teaching License, Social Studies 5-12 program is designed to prepare you to teach social studies based on your love of history, government, and economics. You’ll complete the education courses ...