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As part of the scheduled periodic review of the Maine Learning Results, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) is seeking public comments regarding the current social studies standards. These comments will inform the work of the standards revision teams. The standards review process opens with a public comment and public hearing prior to the convening … Continue reading Maine DOE Seeks Public Comment for Current Social Studies Standards

Hamas attack on Israel killed more Jews in a day than on any day since Adolf Hitlers genocide. Hamas deliberately killed children and used mass rape as a weapon of war. Yet Hamas won enthusiastic support from Harvard students influenced by "post-colonial theory." What is that? How should educators respond?

Parents and community members waiting to see the type of social studies lessons Garfield Re-2 students will be learning might be waiting a little longer.  After months of hosting public forums, conducting surveys and assembling...

A Garfield Re-2 School Board member referred to people opposing the possible adoption of a contentious social studies curriculum as “activists on the left,” as revealed by an email obtained through a Colorado Open Records...

Survey data from the Re-2 School Board’s Social Studies Standards Review Committee has been compromised. The review committee said there was evidence that the survey has been shared with people out-of-state and that multiple people...

The Garfield Re-2 School District continued its discussion on the Social Studies Curriculum and Program Adoption Action Plan on Wednesday at the Rifle Branch Library.  The goal of these meetings is to gain informed input...

Two proposed bills could change how social studies in Ohio is taught.

Citing the 1619 Project as evidence of historical "misrepresentation" in public schools, House Republicans push to rewrite social studies standards.

Ohio Federation of Teachers and the Council for Social Studies are against a Republican bill that would teach "patriotism" rather than the experiences of migrants.

The proposed changes to the South Dakota K-12 social studies standards are not appropriate for elementary students or special needs students, said organizations that represent administrators at each educational level.