iQuest Social Studies: Grade 5 is an educational game based around social studies released for the LeapFrog iQuest handheld system targeted towards kids aged 10-11. Advertisement iQuest Social Studies ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Educators think it’s important to teach science and social studies to ...

As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...

Elementary teachers are left largely to their own devices when it comes to social studies instruction, cobbling together materials from different places with little support or guidance from higher-ups ...

More time on social studies boosts kids' reading scores, according to a new study--but more time on reading doesn't. More time on social studies in elementary school boosts reading scores—but more ...

Over the span of my 22-year career as South Carolina public school educator, I’ve taught in self-contained classrooms and I’ve been in departmentalized settings. Although I love teaching all subjects, ...