Education Week

A Third of Civics Teachers Have Changed Lessons for Fear of Political Backlash

Political pressure is prompting more than a third of social studies teachers to axe some topics from their lessons, according to a new survey.
Houston Chronicle

Texas' social studies lessons were praised as inclusive. Conservative activists say it's CRT

Conservative education activists are accusing the Republican-controlled State Board of Education of helping liberals smuggle bits of Critical Race Theory into social studies standards that were ...
Educators Technology

AI Tools for History and Social Studies Teachers

History and social studies classrooms run on stories, primary sources, and the ability to think critically about both. AI ...
Education Week

What Makes for a Good Social Studies Curriculum?

Social studies is a vast discipline. Teaching basic economic principles, the critical civics knowledge how to register to ...

Texas SBOE advances sweeping social studies overhaul, as critics warn of 'too much' content

The State Board of Education's list of topics for K-12 instruction have been criticized as unwieldy for students and teachers ...
Newsday

Social studies groups worried state trying to downgrade importance of history, civics

Social studies groups statewide are pushing back against a plan out of Albany they say would downgrade the importance of coursework in history and civics during a time when such lessons should take ...
Columbus Dispatch

Republicans want to replace Ohio's K-12 social studies standards with conservative lessons

What Ohio's children learn about history, civics and how to take political action could change if Republican lawmakers pass a plan to rewrite the state's K-12 social studies standards. "I am very ...