2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (253+ words) Education Week Geography Is More Than Memorization With respect to Rick Hess’ Jan. 27 opinion blog post, “Do Students Still Need to Learn Geography?”, I appreciate his support for the importance of learning basic geography. That said, to reduce geography to…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (279+ words) Rick: Matthew, so what is the Knowledge Matters Campaign? Rick: How’d you get involved in this work? Rick: You recently launched a new History Matters Review Tool. Tell me about it. Rick: Who designed the tool? Rick: Who’s the intended…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (261+ words) Education Week Yes, Students Still Need to Learn Geography In response to the opinion blog post, “Do Students Still Need to Learn Geography?” (Jan. 27, 2026), I agree that students need some basic locational knowledge, but I think the bigger point about…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (130+ words) The Education Week Spotlight on Teaching Social Studies to Build Literacy and Critical Thinking is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors. Social studies classrooms do more than teach... Spotlight on Teaching Social Studies to Build Literacy and Critical…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (757+ words) LaGarrett J. King is the Isabella Wade Lyda and Paul Lyda Professor of Education and the founding director of the Carter Center for K-12 Black history education at the University of Missouri’s College of Education. The 100-Year History of Black History Month…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (143+ words) Are you using social studies to build literacy? Take this quiz to test your knowledge of disciplinary literacy and source analysis. Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Teaching Social Studies to Boost Literacy? Social studies isn’t just about…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (281+ words) Education policy maven Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute think tank offers straight talk on matters of policy, politics, research, and reform. Read more from this blog. Rick: We’re celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary at a time of intense polarization…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (373+ words) The public comment period is now open for Oklahoma’s proposed new academic standards for social studies that do not include several concepts championed by former state Superintendent Ryan Walters. As posted to the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s website, the…...

11+ mon, 6+ day ago   (269+ words) Parents have good reason to hope their children will learn to speak civilly and productively with those across political or ideological divides, and educators want this for their students. It is my strong belief, though, that to deliver these skill…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (719+ words) Policymakers on both sides of the aisle agree: Students need access to civics education. But the best ways to teach the subject—especially amid current events like political violence and the deployment of the National Guard across the country—remain…...