Social Studies

Race is a seminal aspect of the American experience, and bans on how it is taught can harm both students of color and their white classmates, professor Vida A. Robertson says.

During the disrupted school schedules of COVID, micro-credentials are having another moment as a more flexible and personalizable form of professional development.

Rewriting curriculum and professional development for educators are the focal points of Evanston/Skokie School District 65's aggressive anti-racism initiative.

Clayton County Public Schools near Atlanta has created school-level teams to serve as SEL coaches for teachers as classes resume.

In Chicago, students as young as elementary age learn to organize and build civic leadership skills within the district's 200 student voice committees.

The shift to online learning did not short circuit students' ability to embark remotely on some multidisciplinary robotics missions in their Compton USD classrooms this summer.