The draft “New York State Common Core K-8 Social Studies Framework” has been issued and is available online [pdf]. The New York State Education Department is inviting comments until October 11, 2012. The K-8 Framework was designed to integrate existing New York State Learning Standards and curricula into a single document with an emphasis on […]
During the recent spate of posts on this site regarding the New York State Social Studies curriculum revision, some commentators asked whom to contact. The person is charge of this initiative is Dr. Lawrence Paska, Coordinator of Curriculum and Instruction, NYS Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Room 318 EB Albany, NY 12234. 518-474-5922. [email protected],gov
If you have an opinion on whether or not New York State and local history should be taught in our public schools, now is the time to speak up. As noted on September 17 here at the online news magazine New York History, the State Education Department has released a draft version of the “New […]
The State Education Department has not yet released the proposed new Common Core standards for English Language Arts, which includes “Literacy in History/Social Studies.” Several previous posts have explored the implications for state and local history in our state.