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

The latest in our series on the achievement gap. Could the problem be the nation’s focus on teaching skills rather than actual knowledge? Sarah Webb, fifth and eighth grade English Langue Learner ...

Curriculum design in vocational subjects requires a careful balance of theory, practice and adaptability. It must be inclusive, future-oriented and intellectually demanding, and, I argue, ...

More school districts are interested in using reading programs designed to build students’ broad knowledge about the world by focusing their reading and writing on specific topics in social studies, ...

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a globally respected education system offering four programs from Primary Years to pre-university. It focuses on critical thinking, global awareness, and ...

Dominic Wyse receives funding from The Helen Hamlyn Trust; and has received funding from The Leverhulme Trust and The Nuffield Foundation. It is vital that children are motivated and engaged by the ...

Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo has received funding in the past from the National Science Foundation, Sesame Workshop, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, and Drexel University.