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 ...

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. ...

Professors seek to shed light on legacy of northern slavery
Mar 12, 2006 ... ... this room know there were 60 enslaved Africans, people, human beings, buried a mile from here?" asks Alan Singer, a Hofstra University social studies professor ...

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. ...

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. ...

Applause: Sunday, March 12, 2006
Mar 12, 2006 ... ... Social Studies Fair winners at Captain Shreve High are Anthropology -- Individual project: Taoism by Meagan Bruce, first place; Christianity the Most Disputed ...

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. ...

School uniform in more ways than one
Mar 12, 2006 ... ... academics. The handbook says the school is required to provide instruction in social studies, math, language arts and science. If ...

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: ...

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 ...

Parsippany teacher wages 'war on ignorance'
Mar 12, 2006 ... ... But the 37-year-old chairman of the 1,000-student school's social studies department said he was shocked by the media and political storm over his classroom ...

College announcements for March 12
Mar 12, 2006 ... ... communication disorders major; Philip Collins, freshman pre-civil engineering major; Steven Goens, senior secondary education social studies education major ...

School Calendar
Mar 12, 2006 ... ... are offered. School activities include Future Educators of America, Honor Society, Social Studies Club, and dance. Sports include ...

Ohio’s tests to graduate debated
Mar 12, 2006 ... ... So, beginning this week, high school students will be tested in five subject areas — reading, math, writing, science and social studies — and must pass all ...

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. ...

Evansville may drop half-day kindergarten
Janesville Gazette, WI -
Mar 10, 2006... The school district must cut $160,000 to continue programming next year and another $50,000 to add a social studies position at the high school, Carvin said. ...

Novak is new Porter Ridge principal
Mar 12, 2006 ... ... Novak joins Sun Valley from an assistant principal post at Sun Valley High School, where he started as a social studies teacher in 1995. ...

Committee raises bar for school graduation
Mar 12, 2006 ... ... unanimously approved a bill mandating 18 credits for graduation, including four credits in math and English, three in science and social studies, and one ...

What you missed in last week's papers
Mar 12, 2006 ... Michael Ray McDonald, 38, of 1201 Abbey Lane, Concord, taught science and social studies to eighth-graders at Mount Pleasant Middle School until he resigned Feb ...