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 24, 2006The most popular course at Harvard this semester teaches happiness, reports The Boston Globe. Positive Psychology, a class whose ...

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 ...

Other subjects lose as math, reading gain
Mar 28, 2006 ... ... That means some students are learning less about subjects such as science, social studies, physical education, music and other fine arts. ...

National report criticizes schools' test priorities
Mar 28, 2006 ... ... In Virginia, students get a hefty dose of social studies and science because the state's own testing program demands it, said Charles Pyle, spokesman for the ...

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 ...

Students in need of civics lessons
St. Petersburg Times, FL -
Mar 26, 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 ...

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 ...

The Multitasking Generation
Mar 28, 2006 ... ... "People are going to lectures by some of the greatest minds, and they are doing their mail," says Sherry Turkle, professor of the social studies of science and ...

Palm Beach County news briefs
Mar 28, 2006 ... A federal judge has reversed a February jury verdict that awarded $396,000 to a fired social studies teacher who sued the Palm Beach County School District in ...

21 citizens to aid search for new DM superintendent
Mar 28, 2006 ... ... officer of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, former president of United Way of Central Iowa; Alan Young , father of three and social studies teacher who's ...

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. ...

Casper teacher studies Japanese schools
Mar 28, 2006 ... ... its meeting Monday. Her husband is a member of the club. DeWitt teaches social studies at Kelly Walsh High School. She traveled in ...

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. ...

Box-Office Hits Prove Arctic Ice Shelf "Okee-Dokee", Says Panel
Mar 28, 2006 ... ... time. "Pictures don't lie, as everyone knows," said Umbridge, a social studies teacher and mother of four from Knoxville, TN. "If ...

Finalists named in Briscoe principal search
Mar 28, 2006 ... ... Blake, a Bellingham resident, taught seventh-grade social studies and coached sports at Norton Middle School before becoming assistant principal of Friedman ...

Summer classes offered in the Moberly School District
Mar 28, 2006 ... ... increase in mathematics. During the morning, classes include reading, math, language arts, science and social studies. After lunch ...

School briefs: ESL coordinator to start in April
Mar 28, 2006 ... Public Schools where he was an eighth grade language arts, mathematics and social studies teacher for ...

Briefs from the state Capitol
Mar 28, 2006 ... and now we can go forward and complete the effort," said Cardin, a social studies teacher and ...