In August 2019, The New York Times published what was said to be a "controversial" journalistic take on African American and American history. Written by Nikole Hannah-Jo[...]

Social studies education has garnered significant national attention as state governments throughout the country have waged an intentional, political attack against the t[...]

Recent high-profile events and rhetoric surrounding White supremacist ideology in conjunction with recent data about White Americans’ understanding of structural racism h[...]

Racial/ethnic disparities in school discipline have existed for decades (Children’s Defense Fund, 1975), and have had a disproportionately negative effect on the educatio[...]

While available research supports the impact mentoring has on beginning teachers, little has been written about the impact the role of mentoring has on the experienced te[...]

Utilizing data from National Center for Educational Statistics Schools and Staffing Surveys, researchers examined the association between various teacher-level factors an[...]

Since the early 1980s, American educational reformers tried to improve schools through standards, high-stakes tests, and punishments for those schools that failed to meet[...]

The seven-month participatory qualitative inquiry (Emerson, Fretz, & Shaw, 2011) explored how a first grade team in a metro Charlotte elementary school perceived and [...]

AMY FITCHETT: Teachers as gatekeepers: Developing deeper understandings to cultivate pro-social studies learning environments in the elementary grades. (Under the directi[...]

The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) emphasizes the teaching of social studies to provide students with information, critical thinking skills, and experienc[...]