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In less than four months, a new school year will begin and teachers will start teaching the hotly contested new South Dakota social studies standards.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Senate will not take a vote on a resolution to reject controversial new social studies standards approved by the Oklahoma State Board of Education, the Senate ...
There’s a last-minute push at the state capitol to stop Superintendent Ryan Walters’ controversial new social studies standards from getting approved.
Governor Stitt voiced his disapproval Wednesday over the Social Studies Standards switch that happened at the last school board meeting.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Mike DeWine announced new social studies initiatives Wednesday, including using history, geography and civics content to teach students reading and writing skills.
Robert P. Wolff ’53-’54, a political philosopher and activist who was the last surviving co-founder of Harvard’s Social Studies concentration, died in January at 91.
In recent decades, jury nullification has reared its head in cases that touched on hot-button social issues.
With overwhelming evidence against Mangione, jury nullification could be what gets him acquitted or the result of a mistrial.
For years, anecdotal evidence and scholarly research have shown the dangers social media can hold for kids and teens. The groundbreaking 'Social Studies' shows us what that looks like in real time.
In FX’s ‘Social Studies,’ Social Media Is “a Lifeline and a Loaded Gun” for L.A. Teenagers Lauren Greenfield's five-part docuseries puts the lives of teenagers and what's happening on ...