Experts say social sciences are 'left behind'

11-30-2011

By Sarah D. Sparks/Education Week

As the majority of states implement common-core content standards, experts at the National Research Council argue that the focus on mathematics and language arts leaves out the social and economic studies that can help students connect content to their daily lives. Researchers at an NRC forum on social sciences in Washington this month suggested that the expansion of testing in math and reading under the No Child Left Behind Act has led to a piecemeal approach to social and behavioral science subjects in the states. While all but four states have adopted the common-core standards in mathematics and language arts and the NRC has proposed a full set of voluntary national science standards, social and behavioral sciences have failed to gain a significant presence in either set of standards, despite protests last year from the field. (more...)

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