Students who were born years after the 2001 terrorist attacks grapple with what was once a national trauma.

From its inception, the social studies classroom was intended to be a training ground for participatory democracy.

In this research article, Abby Reisman, Lightning Peter Jay, and Jenni Conrad compare how two preservice teachers navigated discursive “third spaces” that emerged during discussions of slavery in nint...

High school students in the US often learn about Latin America through the lens of the US, as a main character that exerts power.

The last decade has seen a global rise in the power of the political Right. In some countries, that has meant a shift towards centre-right traditional conservativism. In others, more radical rightw...

In episode 216, Dan and Michael chat with Lightning Jay and Abby Reisman about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The social studies discourse instrument: Valida…

In a lively and sometimes heated argument, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to rule for parents with religious objections to storybooks with gay and transgender characters.

“This is immediate proactive action to review discretionary funding streams” to the University of Pennsylvania, a senior White House official told WHYY News.

Critical thinking involves specific skills for assessing evidence, but background knowledge about the subject is also essential.

Critical thinking involves specific skills for assessing evidence, but background knowledge about the subject is also essential.

Critical thinking involves specific skills for assessing evidence, but background knowledge about the subject is also essential.

The school faces a deadline to yield to administration demands in negotiations over federal funding.

Critical thinking involves specific skills for assessing evidence, but background knowledge about the subject is also essential.

The Oklahoma Board of Education recently approved a new, more conservative social studies agenda that has irked even some Republicans.

Schools must be a place where students can question, debate, and think critically about the world around them. But the White House's K-12 executive order pushes the education system in the opposite di...

Charter schools were codified into law with the intent of defining them as public institutions, says UConn's Preston Green, therefore secular and unabl ...

This article introduces the Social Studies Discourse Instrument (SSDI), a novel observation tool for capturing whole-class discussions in social studies. This tool assesses three domains of classro...

Gen Z really are different from their millennial predecessors professors say. But employers are party to blame for their lack of pizzazz.

Hundreds of rioters accused of nonviolent crimes during the attack on the Capitol have wrapped up their cases. Here’s what some of their lives look like now.

Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has framed teacher education for decades, despite the difficulty of demonstrating that teacher preparation effectively develops PCK. Social studies educators hav...

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Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has framed teacher education for decades, despite the difficulty of demonstrating that teacher preparation effectively develops PCK. Social studies educators hav...

Explore the article collection: Rethinking Social Studies Teacher Education. Published in Theory & Research in Social Education.

Anecdotes and evidence point to a decrease in the love of reading among students bound for college. Here's what parents need to know.

It’s natural—and right—to foster disagreement in the classroom

Approximations of practice are common in preservice teacher education, but there is currently no shared language to describe how teacher educators fac…