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 ...

East Ramapo compromises on honors classes
Mar 29, 2006 ... ... the answer to concerns raised recently by parents who worry that some children aren't being challenged in their middle school English and social studies classes ...

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 ...

USC professor to give Hilldale Lecture
Mar 29, 2006 ... Laura Pulido, a faculty member at the University of Southern California, will present this year's Hilldale Lecture for the Social Studies Division at 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 ...

Teachers' catchy CD taking off
Mar 29, 2006 ... ... Dave Kimber, a sixth-grade social studies and language arts teacher at Neithercut Elementary School, said he hopes to begin taking "Under the Red, White 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 ...

Schools make walkout into chance for learning
Mar 29, 2006 ... ... “You could do social studies, history, there are a lot of opportunities to talk about these kinds of freedoms and responsibilities,” she said. ...

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. ...

Marlboro bucks trend as students score high
Mar 29, 2006 ... ... the pressures of improving test results in reading, writing and math, less time is being spent on subjects such as art, music, social studies and physical ...

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. ...

Will child trafficking cease?
Mar 29, 2006 ... The study prepared recently by the Yemeni Center for Social Studies and Labor Research showed that child smuggling is not new in Yemen but it has spread out ...

Colleges Consider Readjusting Policies for Awarding AP Credit
Mar 29, 2006 ... ... So far, the AP program offers a curriculum and exam for 35 college-level courses in 20 subjects, including math, science, English and social studies.

Paul Cole retires after 40 years of unionism
Mar 29, 2006 ... Paul Cole expected to lead a quiet life when he began teaching social studies at Lewiston-Porter Senior High, Niagara County, in 1961. ...

A woman's place in history
Connecticut Post, CT -
Mar 28, 2006... "I think we've made great strides," said Carolyn Ivanoff, a Shelton High School housemaster and former social studies department chairwoman. ...

Pushing 'academics' takes a toll on vo-tech
Mar 29, 2006 ... ... “We’re teaching everything,” says Herman, explaining how his collision repair program ties math, English and social studies together with the technical ...

3 major changes for rising freshmen
Mar 29, 2006 ... ... changes that every student and parent should know: students will be required to complete an additional class in math, science and social studies; all classes ...