Education Week

What Makes for a Good Social Studies Curriculum?

When Ben Zulauf started looking for a social studies curriculum just over two years ago, he wasn’t quite sure where to begin. Zulauf, the director of literacy and social studies in the ...
Los Angeles Times

Temecula school board adopts social studies curriculum, avoids fine but faces civil rights inquiry

A conservative Riverside County school board that had previously rejected a social studies curriculum that mentioned gay rights activist Harvey Milk reversed course Friday night and said it ...
The Conversation

Social studies as ‘neutral?’ That’s a myth, and pressures teachers to avoid contentious issues

With a world literally and figuratively burning around them, high school social studies teachers are charged with engaging students in sensitive topics. Social studies curricula today, for ...
abc13

Parents and education groups divided over proposed changes to Texas social studies curriculum

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On Wednesday, the State Board of Education met to discuss proposed updates to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, or TEKS, social studies programs. The proposed ...
Los Angeles Times

Temecula Valley school board rejects social studies curriculum that would have included Harvey Milk

Temecula Valley Unified School District elementary schools may not have enough social studies textbooks for the upcoming school year after a majority of the school board voted to oppose a new ...