SocialStudies News

RHS academic team puts enjoys 'social' studies
Palladium-Item, IN -
Mar 21, 2006Top right: Amy Kelly, left, Spencer Gray, Stefan Roha and Charles Patterson study social studies together after school at Richmond High School on March 14. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gray Skies to Clear Up When Victoria Clark & Co. Sing Strouse at ...
Mar 25, 2006 ... ... the American Musicals Project (AMP), a teacher-training program that uses musical theatre to enhance lessons in seventh and eighth grade social studies units. ...

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. ...

Coming to terms with the MCAS
Mar 25, 2006 ... ... math exams already in place. A required history and social studies exam also lurks around the decision table. "Instead of going away ...

Test scores cast doubt on school overhaul
Mar 25, 2006 ... ... of Maine found that in 1987, eighth-graders in K-8 schools outscored eighth-graders in middle schools in reading, writing, social studies and science and tied ...

Governor wants high schoolers to face tough class before facing ...
Mar 25, 2006 ... ... company. He said in addition to math and science, social studies and foreign language are important in working in a global economy. ...

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. ...

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 ...

Reading Rodeo
Mar 25, 2006 ... ... The girls joined all Sharp Elementary third-graders on Friday in celebrating the end of a month-long social studies and reading unit about Texas symbols and ...

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. ...

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. ...

PR but not the 3 Rs
Mar 25, 2006 ... ... And only 20% of city students met the not very high eighth-grade state proficiency standard in social studies (the NAEP has no social studies test). ...

Historical figure come alive for kids
Daily News Tribune, MA -
Mar 23, 2006... Students at Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted School made their history lessons explode out of the classroom last night at their annual Social Studies Fair. ...

High schoolers seek answers from Shays
Mar 25, 2006 ... ... Shays, R-Bridgeport, was asked to explain his support for the war at the start of the first of two 30-minute morning sessions with social studies classes. ...

All are welcome at St. Joseph School
Mar 25, 2006 ... ... s degrees; Johnson and two teachers are involved with the Assessment Literary Institute and another teacher is pursuing a specialization in social studies. ...

6,109 candidates to sit the PSE
Mar 25, 2006 ... ... for the exam. Students will sit English and Science on day one while on day two, its Math and Social Studies. Programme Manager ...

Greenville posts higher MEAP scores
The Grand Rapids Press, MI -
Mar 23, 2006... achieved high marks on the state assessments, which were given in October to determine proficiency in English language arts, math, science and social studies. ...

Teacher charged with sex assault of student
Mar 25, 2006 ... ... Prosecutors allege Duncantell, a first-year social studies teacher at the Franklin Park school, had multiple "sexual encounters" with a high school junior ...