Elementary teachers are left largely to their own devices when it comes to social studies instruction, cobbling together materials from different places with little support or guidance from higher-ups ...

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 ...

Political debate and pressure took center stage this year when it came to states’ expectations for how history and civics are taught in K-12 schools. Social studies standards help guide instruction in ...

DAVISON, Michigan --Third-graders at Central Elementary School came prepared Tuesday when they invited city officials to their social studies class. All 145 kids from five sections of the class ...

Bells Elementary School fifth-grade teacher James Cho has been named the 2021 New Jersey Council for Social Studies Elementary Teacher of the Year.. “James Cho is a lifelong learner who annually ...

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 ...

Every year students at Edison Elementary School in Fraser work on projects at home for the Social Studies Olympiad but this year fourth-graders in Tina Frazier’s class worked together on a marathon ...

Although research has indicated that cooperative learning enhances student achievement, promotes self-esteem, and improves interpersonal relations, few studies have focused on cooperative learning in ...