[YEP-DC] New YEP-DC Blog Post: Let's not forget about social studies, science standards

Creating a national curriculum for social students and science is an extraordinary challenge. Both are rich with controversial curriculum debates that strike at a foundational political disagreement over the role of state and the federal government. But it's a debate worth having, if we're to create an education system that encourages students to think critically and analytically about the world around them.

The Common Core State Standards already drive much of this much-needed and long-overdue change, forcing a depth-over-breadth approach to instruction in reading, writing, and math. But to be meaningful and fully-effective, this approach must extend beyond those skill standards and into content areas like social studies and science.   

Recess blogger Scott Goldstein explains how in this week's post, "Achieving Depth in Social Studies, Science Instruction," here: http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/1/post/2014/05/achieving-depth-in-social-studies-science-instruction.html

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