Social studies as ‘neutral?’ That’s a myth, and pressures teachers to avoid contentious issues

Social studies education demands sustained engagement with difficult knowledge and a heightened sense of obligation to both ...
The Harvard Crimson

Social Studies and Embracing Uncertainty

Manuel A. Yepes ’24, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Social Studies concentrator in Cabot House. The phrase “Social Studies” means many things to many people. For some, it evokes images of fourth ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

Professional economists research, collect data, analyze, apply models—and, of course, they write. That’s true across the social sciences. Social studies without writing would be like math without ...
The Hechinger Report

Teaching social studies in a polarized world

Keynote speaker, journalist Carl Azuz speaks to educators from around the country at the annual National Council for the Social Studies conference in Nashville. Credit: Javeria Salman for The ...
Asia Society

Global Competence: Social Studies Performance Outcomes

Asia Society convened social studies and history faculty from across our International Studies Schools Network to chart innovative and effective ways in which students develop global perspectives. The ...
The Journal

4 Educators’ Keys to Connecting STEM and Social Studies

First, there was STEM. Aiming to move education beyond isolated subjects, it was an integrated approach linking science, technology, engineering, and math. Then the arts educators got involved and ...