Background info: I'm the department chair for the social studies department at a mid-sized high school in NC.<BR><BR>The books we use for our US history classes are terrible. They don't adequately ...

Dover Area school officials are set to vote on a new Advanced Placement U.S. History textbook. The book was recommended by the assistant superintendent and social studies department to align with ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

With the nation's big 2-5-0 coming up next year, NPR staff and critics recommended a lot of U.S.-focused titles for Books We Love, our annual year-end reading guide. Below you'll find 10 favorites — ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — New social studies text books recently approved by the Scottsdale Unified School District have some parents furious. At the latest governing board meeting, several spoke out ...