The Minnesota Department of Education is overhauling the standards and benchmarks for teaching social studies to our children. A first working draft has been released. These standards and ...

Minnesota high school students are supposed to receive a heavier dose of civics education this year, but the legislator behind that effort isn’t so sure it’s going to happen. At least ...

On Thursday, the State Assembly's Education Committee heard public comment on bills relating to curriculum, assessment programs and school board spending.

A controversial civics bill that would promote “fostering a national identity” by teaching some topics and prohibiting others ...

Those old filing cabinets at thrift stores might be worthless to some people, but this DIY design trick will make them fun ...