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. ...

Students in need of civics lessons
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... Social studies is still taught, and civics might come up within it, but schools increasingly are focused on meeting reading and math goals set by the state and ...

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 ...

School briefs: ESL coordinator to start in April
Mar 27, 2006 ... Public Schools where he was an eighth grade language arts, mathematics and social studies teacher for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Below is a statement by one of the participants in the occupation.
Infoshop News -
Mar 25, 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 ...

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 ...

Advocates push for better preschool education
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... For example, the Arizona Board of Education approved academic standards last year in science, social studies, fine arts and math for 3- to 5-year-olds to help ...

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. ...

Mother tounge
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... Something fun. Perla's favorite teacher can't hide his exasperation. "We're going to have to talk about this," says Jason Torrez as social studies begins. ...

Future unclear for pupil testing
MaineToday.com, ME -
Mar 25, 2006... a statewide assessment system for mathematics and English and make statewide assessment recommendations in other subjects, such as science and social studies. ...

Mammoth Social Security Scheme Flounders
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... Prof. Mahendra Dev of the Centre for Economic and Social Studies in Hyderabad city, capital of southern Andhra Pradesh state. ''We ...

New rules force two teachers out
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... Dettman, who submitted a resignation letter to the school board in early March, said she couldn't complete the new social studies requirements as a seventh ...

Interviews keep history alive
Miami Herald, FL -
Mar 26, 2006... Social studies teacher José Ugarte, another member of the team that runs the archive, said the interviews add a different dimension to students' learning. ...

Recruited to Teach for America
Miami Herald, FL -
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 ...

Narmada Bachao Administration
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... Sarovar Rehabilitation Agency, a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation body, an independent evaluation procedure evolved by the Centre for Social Studies at Surat ...

From dangers of war back to routine of work
Mar 27, 2006 ... . ...

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. ...

Job offers came calling for new math
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... "I don't know that the same could be said of the English and social studies candidates, because there just aren't as many openings in those positions.". ...

Number 1 with a bullet
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... And Lovello likes them back. A sixth-grade English and social studies teacher at Brandywine, Lovello enjoys being around the kids. ...

House enters 'design' contest
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... It could be in a theology or social studies course, he said. The three school board nominees who came up last week echoed Fletcher's position. ...

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. ...

One step closer to redress and apology
Mar 27, 2006 ... ... The CCNC also emphasized the importance of including Chinese Canadian history in Canadian social studies curriculums across the country. ...