The state Department of Education-operated event featured over 500 students from 44 counties this year. There were three ...

A multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of ...

Short-term breaks from social media could significantly improve youth mental health, but they don’t necessarily reduce overall screen time, suggests a new study published in the Journal of the ...

The largest Social Studies Fair in West Virginia took place in Charleston Tuesday.

On a special episode (first released on December 5, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Gen Z is the first generation of digital natives, young people who are literally growing up on social media. It’s ...

When Ben Zulauf started looking for a social studies curriculum just over two years ago, he wasn’t quite sure where to begin. Zulauf, the director of literacy and social studies in the Cicero School ...

A new study strikes a blow to the idea that teenage social media use is obliterating in-person time with friends. According to the new research, published in Computers in Human Behavior, teens who ...

Could a smaller social circle be the key to longevity? Research shows that many animals, including humans, tend to withdraw as they age, a behavioral pattern known as social aging — and isolation ...

Goals are to clarify benefits and risks of social media and to contribute to evidence-based guidance for healthy use for ...

Students, parents and teachers say Texas’ new social studies plan feels rushed and will exclude key perspectives and historical events.