https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/state-standards State Standards en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:27:00 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/patriotism-debates-in-american-classrooms-a-timeline/2026/06 Those debates are heating up again as America's 250th birthday looms. Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:27:00 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/patriotism-debates-in-american-classrooms-a-timeline/2026/06 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/why-texas-fight-over-social-studies-standards-has-national-consequences/2026/06 The Texas State Board of Education is poised to vote on a new set of controversial social studies standards this week. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:51:45 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/why-texas-fight-over-social-studies-standards-has-national-consequences/2026/06 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/bible-tales-election-denial-arent-in-okla-s-proposed-social-studies-standards/2026/02 The proposed new standards do not include several concepts championed by former state Superintendent Ryan Walters. Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:37:55 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/bible-tales-election-denial-arent-in-okla-s-proposed-social-studies-standards/2026/02 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/oklahoma-must-rework-social-studies-standards-after-court-ruling/2025/12 The controversial standards were approved without the legally required public notice, the court ruled. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:36:19 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/oklahoma-must-rework-social-studies-standards-after-court-ruling/2025/12 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/communism-american-exceptionalism-latest-flashpoints-in-state-history-standards/2025/11 Several Republican states will add Christian teachings and anti-communist lessons to their history standards. Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:39:56 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/communism-american-exceptionalism-latest-flashpoints-in-state-history-standards/2025/11 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/what-might-happen-to-state-testing-under-the-trump-administration/2025/04 It's not clear what states might do with more flexibility—but here are three concerns they'll need to wrestle with. Thu, 03 Apr 2025 21:21:47 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/what-might-happen-to-state-testing-under-the-trump-administration/2025/04 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/oklahoma-draft-standards-ask-students-to-find-2020-election-discrepancies/2025/03 The standards intimate that the 2020 presidential election results might not be trustworthy. Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:31:28 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/oklahoma-draft-standards-ask-students-to-find-2020-election-discrepancies/2025/03 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/why-the-pioneers-of-high-school-exit-exams-are-rolling-them-back/2024/11 Massachusetts is doing away with a decades-old graduation requirement. What will take its place? Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:36:21 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/why-the-pioneers-of-high-school-exit-exams-are-rolling-them-back/2024/11 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/technology/the-backlash-on-ai-is-coming-3-early-lessons-for-k-12-education/2024/03 State education chiefs must figure out how to make the most of AI’s potential while steering around its problems. Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:16:56 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/technology/the-backlash-on-ai-is-coming-3-early-lessons-for-k-12-education/2024/03 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/this-teacher-has-students-track-their-own-progress-in-class-and-its-paying-off/2023/11 Middle school teacher Erin Merrill gives her students the responsibility of tracking their mastery. Mon, 06 Nov 2023 16:28:38 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/this-teacher-has-students-track-their-own-progress-in-class-and-its-paying-off/2023/11 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/what-1-states-saga-shows-about-the-status-of-social-emotional-learning/2023/10 Missouri's board of education chose to redefine SEL standards as an optional framework for districts, citing confusion and division. Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:50:13 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/what-1-states-saga-shows-about-the-status-of-social-emotional-learning/2023/10 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/with-data-science-in-demand-this-state-is-infusing-instruction-with-it/2023/09 Virginia has created a high school data science class and updated math standards to include more data analysis lessons. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:02:46 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/with-data-science-in-demand-this-state-is-infusing-instruction-with-it/2023/09 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/students-need-better-more-data-science-skills-here-are-5-ways-schools-can-help/2023/09 Over the past decade, students’ basic data-science skills have been in decline. Mon, 18 Sep 2023 04:01:00 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/students-need-better-more-data-science-skills-here-are-5-ways-schools-can-help/2023/09 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/states-look-to-social-emotional-learning-to-combat-student-misbehavior-poor-mental-health/2023/09 Experts say SEL can be a first line of defense against youth mental health problems and misbehavior, but political resistance continues. Fri, 15 Sep 2023 23:09:41 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/states-look-to-social-emotional-learning-to-combat-student-misbehavior-poor-mental-health/2023/09 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/whats-the-purpose-of-standards-in-education-an-explainer/2023/07 What are standards? Why are they important? What's the Common Core? Do standards improve student achievement? Our explainer has the answers. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 20:08:15 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/whats-the-purpose-of-standards-in-education-an-explainer/2023/07 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/are-students-getting-all-the-math-they-need-to-succeed/2023/07 Advocates say reforms in math teaching are pushing out statistics and geometry and driving a drop in students' math scores. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:01:00 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/are-students-getting-all-the-math-they-need-to-succeed/2023/07 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/good-paying-careers-in-data-are-booming-but-schools-arent-teaching-it/2023/07 In Utah and other states business leaders are pushing schools to teach more about data science and statistics. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:01:00 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/good-paying-careers-in-data-are-booming-but-schools-arent-teaching-it/2023/07 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/social-emotional-learning-persists-despite-political-backlash/2023/07 Social-emotional learning has generated a political backlash, but states are keeping SEL in their standards. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 20:43:33 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/social-emotional-learning-persists-despite-political-backlash/2023/07 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/floridas-new-african-american-history-standards-whats-behind-the-backlash/2023/07 The state's new standards drew national criticism and leave teachers with questions. Tue, 25 Jul 2023 22:13:53 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/floridas-new-african-american-history-standards-whats-behind-the-backlash/2023/07 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/heres-whats-in-floridas-new-african-american-history-standards/2023/07 Standards were expanded in the younger grades, but critics question the framing of many of the new standards. Tue, 25 Jul 2023 22:13:27 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/heres-whats-in-floridas-new-african-american-history-standards/2023/07 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-how-one-state-found-common-ground-to-produce-new-history-standards/2023/07 A veteran board member discusses how the state school board pushed past partisanship to offer a richer, more inclusive history for students. Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:00:00 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-how-one-state-found-common-ground-to-produce-new-history-standards/2023/07 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-we-dont-teach-enough-about-black-fear-in-u-s-history/2023/01 Here’s what I learned researching social studies standards: Teaching about Black fear drastically challenges popular narratives of U.S. history. Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:52:58 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-we-dont-teach-enough-about-black-fear-in-u-s-history/2023/01 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/video-updating-social-studies-expectations-in-the-critical-race-theory-era/2023/01 Always a focal point for controversy, updating what students should know in history class became especially charged in late 2021 and 2022. Tue, 03 Jan 2023 22:27:15 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/video-updating-social-studies-expectations-in-the-critical-race-theory-era/2023/01 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/writing-social-studies-standards-a-dramatic-year-in-review/2022/12 This year proved to be politically fraught for revising state social studies standards. Take a look back at some major developments. Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:40:02 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/writing-social-studies-standards-a-dramatic-year-in-review/2022/12 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/whats-really-going-on-in-history-classrooms-a-new-project-aims-to-find-out/2022/12 The American Historical Association is researching how secondary schools choose materials and instructional priorities. Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:43:35 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/whats-really-going-on-in-history-classrooms-a-new-project-aims-to-find-out/2022/12 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/after-political-pressure-texas-delayed-its-social-studies-standards-update/2022/09 The Lone Star State is the latest to throw out a set of standards after conservative activists organized in opposition. Fri, 09 Sep 2022 20:52:20 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/after-political-pressure-texas-delayed-its-social-studies-standards-update/2022/09 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/sex-education-4-questions-and-answers-about-the-latest-controversy/2022/08 Why the touchy issue of sex education has erupted again, and what it means for schools. Wed, 24 Aug 2022 20:50:51 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/sex-education-4-questions-and-answers-about-the-latest-controversy/2022/08 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/the-sex-ed-battleground-heats-up-again-heres-whats-actually-in-new-standards/2022/08 Vocal opposition from some conservative groups has put a spotlight on schools’ instructional choices. Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:46:34 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/the-sex-ed-battleground-heats-up-again-heres-whats-actually-in-new-standards/2022/08 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/how-the-overturning-of-roe-v-wade-will-reverberate-through-classrooms/2022/08 Some teachers are looking for ways to address with students the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the abortion rights precedent. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 18:30:18 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/how-the-overturning-of-roe-v-wade-will-reverberate-through-classrooms/2022/08 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/revamped-florida-civics-education-aims-for-patriotism-will-it-catch-on-elsewhere/2022/07 In what could be a model, Florida is now emphasizing patriotism, American exceptionalism, and—some critics say—religious themes. Tue, 12 Jul 2022 20:48:58 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/revamped-florida-civics-education-aims-for-patriotism-will-it-catch-on-elsewhere/2022/07