The South Dakota Board of Education Standards will hold its second meeting since revealing the revised social studies standards that drew controversy again this summer. A day before the official ...

Educators across the state are now reacting to a new revision of the proposed social studies standards after the South Dakota Department of Education released a revision document on its website two ...

Earlier this month, the Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Education announced a two-week extension on applications for a new work group to revise social studies standards. The work of a ...

YANKTON, S.D. — Days ahead of an expected release of new proposed, K-12 social studies standards in South Dakota, members of a statewide working group are defending their process — a process that will ...

A state school board member this week plans to propose a new set of social studies standards for Colorado’s students – one crafted by a national conservative education coalition. The standards focus ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — On October 1, 2021, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem announced that a new review of the state’s social studies content standards would take place, effectively scrapping the ...

Barton’s appointment comes ahead of what is expected to be a politically charged debate over how and what children should ...

The focus of social studies taught in Minnesota schools will be decided during the next year as the Department of Education reviews and establishes social studies benchmarks and standards. Jeff ...

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 ...

Keynote speaker, journalist Carl Azuz speaks to educators from around the country at the annual National Council for the Social Studies conference in Nashville. Credit: Javeria Salman for The ...

The Texas State Board of Education voted this month to delay the revision process of the state’s K-12 social studies standards until 2025, bowing to conservative pressure against drafts intended to ...