SocialStudies News

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Mar 10, 2006A school in India is reportedly teaching its students to use both their hands to write on different subjects simultaneously. All ...

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. ...

Milan MEAP results mirror state averages
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... "We're very pleased with our social studies scores and science scores," he said. "We have to look at writing.". Almost 85 percent ...

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. ...

Donahue named 1 of 3 top teachers
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... giving (Vacation Bible School) lessons on my front porch before I could read,” said A. Cheryl Donahue, a Sycamore Middle School social studies teacher and ...

Nearly flawlessNorthWood wins five of six subjects at ...
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... Of the six subjects in the competition, NorthWood placed first in five -- fine arts, science, social studies, mathematics and interdisciplinary. ...

President names Cornyn to board of a national foundation
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... fellowships to support graduate study for aspiring and experienced secondary school teachers of American history, American government, and social studies. ...

20 minutes for science
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... While reading, math, science, social studies, and other classes compete for time in each student's day, reading and language arts always garner the greatest ...

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. ...

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. ...

Recent research offers useful info for parents
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... encourage policymakers to revise state standards to incorporate increasingly complex texts into English, mathematics, science and social studies courses in ...

Seeking traffic light, students get lesson
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... As part of a social studies project, the students petitioned the council to add a traffic signal at the intersection of Route 71 and Virginia Avenue. ...

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. ...

Bulletin Board
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... This free one-on-one homework help is offered to students and parents with help in English, math, science, history, social studies and more. ...

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: ...

What's in a namesake? The man behind the town
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... Association. It will be moderated by Kevin O'Reilly, head of the social studies department at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School. ...

Board studies new method of grading
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... Class ranking would be calculated from the student's GPA in selected Regents-level courses, including English, social studies, mathematics, science and ...

March is Music in Our Schools Month
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... At Vassar Road Elementary, the new artist-in-residence program is using what third-graders learned during their studies of continents in social studies. ...

4th Grade Voting Rights-Citizenship Curriculum Published
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... It provides the classroom teacher with an excellent source of document-based questions relevant to the fourth grade social studies curriculum. ...

Honors students at Powers take upcoming pilgrimage to Rome ...
Mar 16, 2006 ... ... is Powers' chaplain. His honors class studies theology, English and social studies in an overlapping curriculum. Roggenbuck said ...

High school graduation requirements may change
Cedartown Standard, GA -
Mar 14, 2006... Currently, the state has set a minimum of four units in English, three in math, three in science and three in social studies. Polk ...