SocialStudies News

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Mar 7, 2006"One of every five calories in the American diet is liquid," reports The Boston Globe. "The nation's single biggest 'food' is soda.". ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Mar 6, 2006Astronomy on Earth could be impossible in 40 years because of pollution from aircraft exhaust trails and climate change, according to a British expert. ...

Six local students going to state social studies competition
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA -
Mar 2, 2006Six Columbus students will compete in the State Social Studies Fair March 18 after winning events at the regional fair involving students from 54 counties. ...

WAMC YOUTH MEDIA PROJECT WINS NYSCSS "PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE" AWARD
Mar 08, 2006 ... ... 1730)(EIS) -- The WAMC Youth Media Project has received the 2005-06 Program of Excellence Award from the New York State Council for the Social Studies (NYSCSS ...

Top 10 Tips From Kaplan's Score! Tutoring to Prepare New York ...
Mar 08, 2006 ... ... Assessments. The New York State Assessments are given in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. Students ...

Jury awards $396,000 to fired social studies teacher
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL -
Feb 25, 2006A fired social studies teacher on Friday won a $396,000 federal court jury verdict against the Palm Beach County School District in a case that spotlighted a ...

Grants will boost social studies
Philadelphia Daily News, PA -
Feb 23, 2006... higher education, business and civic communities yesterday announced $325,000 in grants to boost the Philadelphia School District's social-studies curriculum. ...

Teachers fill in gaps on genocide
Mar 08, 2006 ... ... Social studies teachers throughout Illinois have taken note since the law took effect in August, said Phyllis Henry, president of the Illinois Council for the ...

Social studies moves to back of the class
Fayetteville Online, Fayetteville NC -
Feb 21, 2006By Miriam Haskell. A national movement to improve math and reading skills among children has put social studies lessons at risk. ...

Bear Creek students win at Social Studies Fair
The Citizen.com, GE -
Feb 20, 2006Congratulations to the Bear Creek Middle School students whose projects won at the Fulton County Social Studies Fair. The winners included: ...

HL Johnson fares well at countywide academic games
Mar 08, 2006 ... They were among the youngest competitors at the countywide Social Studies Academic Games, but HL Johnson Elementary School is crowing about its showing. ...

Deputy charged in taped shooting
Mar 08, 2006 ... ... A high-school social-studies teacher who was put on leave after comparing President Bush's State of the Union address to speeches made by Adolf Hitler defended ...

My social studies report? Gov. Jeb Bush
Osceola News-Gazette, FL -
Feb 11, 2006By Deanna Sheffield News-Gazette Staff Writer. Alison Birks didn’t want to turn in just any social studies report. Instead the ...

New social studies curriculum adopted
Pioneer Press Online, IL -
Feb 16, 2006Citing a need to meet state standards, Elementary School District 15 is changing its social studies curriculum for the first time in more than 10 years. ...

Actress, advocate Dana Reeve, 44, dies
Mar 08, 2006 ... ... Steve Goldberg, Dana Reeve's former social studies teacher, remembered how Reeve sang "It's not Easy Being Green" while she was a student at Edgemont High ...

Houston students in regional social studies fair
Macon Telegraph, GA -
Feb 11, 2006By Jake Jacobs. Ten students from Houston County will compete in the Southwest Regional Social Studies Fair today at Albany State University in Albany. ...

MHS students shine spotlight on teachers
Mar 08, 2006 ... ... a 95 percent - a stable A - and she will still say you can bring it up, and I thank her for that," Gzurjuan Fears-Neal said about social studies teacher Bobbie ...

Teachers still dissatisfied in East Ramapo
Mar 08, 2006 ... ... Schwartz also announced last night that the district did not plan to re-establish its middle school honors English and social-studies courses, which were ...

Desert Vista High teacher puts social conscience in social studies
Arizona Republic, AZ -
Feb 6, 2006Community service, she says, is an essential part of social studies and she wants students to understand their moral obligation to help those in need. ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Feb 7, 2006Blue light makes people alert at night, according to a small US study. When 16 volunteers were exposed to short-wavelength light ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Feb 6, 2006More Canadians are interested in the Canadian Football League than the National Football League, according to a nationwide survey by sociologist Reginald Bibby ...

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Feb 13, 2006"It is difficult to compare national data on international trade, but Unesco has made a brave attempt in its report: International Flows of Selected Cultural ...

Tequesta family decorates its riverfront home with items as unique ...
Mar 08, 2006 ... ... Sparger was working as a Jupiter High School social studies teacher in 1975 when the riverfront house in unincorporated Tequesta went on the market. ...