SocialStudies News

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Mar 8, 2006"No other animal is as altruistic as humans are," writes Lauran Neergaard of The Associated Press. "We donate to charity, recycle ...

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. ...

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. ...

Celebrate 50 Years of Social Work Education at UQ
Mar 10, 2006 ... In 1956 ten students enrolled in a new course in Social Studies, and Queensland’s first tertiary program in social work was created. ...

School raises funds for military rehab clinic
Mar 10, 2006 ... NORTH BRUNSWICK - The Social Studies Department at Linwood Middle School raised $740 during a Valentine's Day fundraiser to support the Intrepid Fallen Heroes ...

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. ...

Private schools threaten to join Aga Khan Board
Mar 10, 2006 ... ... in the academics, Haji Khalil said that private schools already taught the government prescribed books for Urdu, Islamiat and Social Studies, whereas those of ...

Eight teachers offer resignations
Mar 10, 2006 ... ... Staff members include: Anthony (Tony) Rolfe: Middle school social studies (retirement effective June 30, 2006). Edward Leary: High ...

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. ...

Supreme Court, Dept. of Education launch essay contest
Mar 10, 2006 ... ... These studies are also a major part of the learning standards in the Massachusetts History and Social Studies Curriculum Framework and this is a great ...

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. ...

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: ...

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 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 ...

State students make the grade on MEAP tests
Mar 10, 2006 ... ... In addition, science was tested in grades five and eight and social studies tested in grade six. In science, 76.8 percent of fifth ...

WAMC YOUTH MEDIA PROJECT WINS NYSCSS "PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE" AWARD
Empire Information Services, Inc. (press release), NY -
Mar 7, 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 ...

Economics and business are part of social studies too
The News Journal, DE -
Mar 9, 2006Junior Achievement of Delaware provides programs to 31,000 students each year that tie into the Delaware Department of Education social studies curriculum. ...

Native storyteller to open series
Mar 10, 2006 ... ... Department of Art and Native American Peoples Alliance, all at UB; the Educational Opportunity Program, the History and Social Studies Education, International ...