SocialStudies News

Social Studies
Gay City News -
Mar 16, 2006BY CHRISTOPHER BYRNE. If you’ve heard about the new musical “Grey Gardens,” you may very well have heard it described as “camp ...

East Ramapo parents want honors classes back
Mar 22, 2006 ... SPRING VALLEY — More than a half-dozen parents urged the East Ramapo Board of Education last night to bring English and social studies honors courses back to ...

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.". ...

Anacoco's Phillips named Elementary Student of the Year
Mar 22, 2006 ... ... Phillips added that Social Studies is her favorite subject, and that if she had to choose Mrs. Tilley would be her favorite teacher, though she likes them all. ...

2 teachers to lead recycling
Mar 22, 2006 ... ... The son of Wesley Brown and Cheryl McGee of Hickory, Drew has been taught by seventh-grade social studies teacher Richard Kors and eighth-grade social studies ...

Today's Calendar
Mar 22, 2006 ... GED TESTING: For Central Vermont Adult Basic Education, today 11 am, social studies, science and reading; April 6, 3 pm writing, 3:30 pm math, and 6 pm, social ...

CountryReports.org Indicated as a Social Studies Resource
PR Web (press release), WA -
Mar 16, 2006The magazine Social Education published by the National Council of Social Studies mentions CountryReports.org as a resource for teaching international issues ...

Bluffton-Harrison Board Hears Parent Concern on Weighted Grades
Mar 22, 2006 ... ... points. Spera said such a system “discriminates” against students interested in social studies and students in extracurriculars. ...

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. ...

Field trips give students hands-on learning
Mar 22, 2006 ... ... The three-hour trips, which started in January, incorporate social studies and science curriculum standards, and Charleston teachers helped develop the field ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 -
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. ...

Schools roundup
Mar 22, 2006 ... ... Lynn Voorhees, who teaches social studies and chairs the social studies department at Creekside, said: "This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to ...

Odin High School Issues Tax Anticipation Warrant
Mar 22, 2006 ... ... The boards authorized the superintendent to begin the search for a principal, high school social studies teacher, junior high language arts teacher, elementary ...

Former teacher says she knows schools the best
Columbia Daily Tribune, MO -
Mar 20, 2006... A former Hickman High School social studies teacher, paraprofessional and special education teacher, Gadbois left the district last year to help her brother ...

Change in works for middle schools' schedules
Annapolis Capital, MD -
Mar 20, 2006... daily. They take math and English every day in both semesters, but social studies and science for a single semester only. Other ...

Fieldcrest hires new principal
Mar 22, 2006 ... ... Accepted the resignation of Greg Brendel as high school social studies and Spanish teacher. Accepted the resignation of Scott Nordstrom ...

1 less test sought for students
Charlotte Observer, NC -
Mar 19, 2006Currently, all third- through eighth-graders take Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests (PACT) in four subjects: English, math, science and social studies. ...

Students cannot excel in math and sciences without literacy
Mar 22, 2006 ... ... The ACT report suggests that all ``courses in high school, not just English and social studies but mathematics and science as well, must challenge students to ...

Valley schools awaken to coffee's popularity
Mar 22, 2006 ... ... during lunch, something different from the cold, bright, commons area, is attractive to these students, said Tyler Scialo, a social-studies teacher who is in ...

Group sues to block budget-cutting law
Mar 22, 2006 ... WASHINGTON — For anyone who took fifth-grade social studies or sang "I'm Just a Bill," how legislation turns to law always seemed pretty simple: the House ...

Spending Measure Not a Law, Suit Says
Mar 22, 2006 ... For anyone who took fifth-grade social studies or sang "I'm Just a Bill," how legislation turns to law always seemed pretty simple: The House passes a bill ...

Parents camp out for limited Pre-K spots
Mar 22, 2006 ... ... state approved “High Scope” curriculum, offers early childhood education in language and literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, creativity, social ...