AUSTIN – The Texas State Board of Education has taken a major step toward rewriting what students across the state will learn in social studies. On Friday, the board approved an early draft of new ...

The Texas State Board of Education is considering new requirements for how social studies is taught in the classroom. The new guidelines were brought forth by lobbyists who say the state is failing ...

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Dozens of parents, students and teachers asked the State Board of Education to pause its process for overhauling the state’s standards for social studies ahead of a vote on proposed revisions that ...

The Texas State Board of Education is in the process of rewriting the K-12 social studies curriculum. The new standards would shape teachers’ lesson plans and textbooks for more than 5.5 million ...

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Flipboard has been one of the biggest boosters of decentralized social media. Now, the company, which is known for its social news reading app, is rolling out its latest experiment, "social websites." ...

A massive seven-year project exploring 3,900 social-science papers has ended with a disturbing finding: researchers could replicate the results of only half of the studies that they tested 1. The ...

Do you doomscroll? If so, you’re not alone. One 2024 survey found that almost a third of American adults regularly doomscroll—that is, swipe through endless social media feeds—and millennials and Gen ...

W. Mark Lanier, the lawyer for plaintiff K.G.M., who alleges her addiction to YouTube and Instagram caused her mental health problems. A second jury note on Tuesday asked if a 40-second audio ...

Retirees get a Social Security raise in most years based on inflation. Retirees will get some important news this week regarding inflation that could affect their COLAs. Seniors need to be aware of ...

If you are collecting Social Security benefits, you should watch the news on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. That's because important information is coming that day that could affect your Cost of Living ...