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 Cicero School ...

As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...

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 example, ...

Chloe Hunt is an investigative reporter for Defending Education. This week, the National Council for Social Studies—the largest professional association dedicated to social studies education—is ...

University of Manitoba provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Manitoba provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. With a world literally and ...