SocialStudies News

SOCIAL STUDIES
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Mar 24, 2006The most popular course at Harvard this semester teaches happiness, reports The Boston Globe. Positive Psychology, a class whose ...

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
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 ...

Recruited to Teach for America
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... ''That's a testament to the kind of leaders we are pursuing,'' said Christopher Ruszkowski, who taught social studies at John F. Kennedy Middle School from ...

Future unclear for pupil testing
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... a statewide assessment system for mathematics and English and make statewide assessment recommendations in other subjects, such as science and social studies. ...

Below is a statement by one of the participants in the occupation.
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... The EHESS (Graduate Center for Social Studies) could be that place for a while, but other places, empty and unassailable by small groups, would allow us to ...

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 ...

Desert training
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... It's good for her because she's never been to Boston. ''I've got a whole list of things I want to do," said Marjory, who teaches ninth-grade social studies. ...

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. ...

Youth Lines
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... National Young Leaders Conference in Washington. Social studies teachers nominated the students. Nash Porter, Jamarcus Davenport, John ...

Changes for ESL program urged
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... the entrance and exit of students in ESL; create introductory classes, called RAMP courses, to mainstream classes such as science and social studies; and hire ...

In setting higher standards, keep focus on students
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... Require students to earn 12 credits -- three credits each for language arts, mathematics, social studies and science -- to graduate from middle school or ...

No children left in science?
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... American instructional practice, with many schools that once offered rich curriculums now systematically trimming such courses as social studies, science and ...

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. ...

5 finalists will meet and greet
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... Paul Public Schools under Pat Harvey; special assistant to deputy secretary of education in Washington, DC; social studies/global studies teacher at Thomas ...

Valley honors its top school employees
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... Desert. Ramirez started his career in education as a social studies teacher in Palm Springs Unified School District in 1975. He ...

School Calendar
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... are offered. School activities include Future Educators of America, Honor Society, Social Studies Club, and dance. Sports include ...

Program helps students gear up for college
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... Teachers talked about their college experiences. Frank McLaughlin is a sixth-grade language arts and social studies teacher. “Most ...

'Best cop ever': HCHS officer bonds with students
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... In the days leading up to spring break, Social Studies teacher Jodi Pruden invited Fanok to speak with her students about some of the dangers they could ...

Democracy sold short by ballots in other languages
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... Idler is an NRI fellow in political and social studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He can be e-mailed at jidler@aei.org.

UPI NewsTrack TopNews
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... change in US education -- with many schools that once offered rich curriculums now cutting back on, or eliminating, courses such as social studies, science and ...

Wilson-Knecht
Mar 26, 2006 ... ... Monica teaches seventh-grade language arts and social studies in the Napa Valley Unified School District and has coached the eighth-grade girls basketball team ...