In recent years, division over how social studies should be taught has plagued school districts around the country.
The irony, according to Lawrence Paska, executive director of the National Council for the Social Studies, is that in many places, the subject is not being taught, period.
Social studies is sometimes seen as an afterthought, left out of daily instruction, he said. But instead of strengthening social studies or helping more students engage with the subject, the focus in recent years has been on undermining or attacking it, he said.
