Thinking Historically About the State of Social Studies Education with Dr. Lawrence Paska

<p>In this episode, we are thinking historically about the state of social studies education with the Executive Director of the National Council for Social Studies, <a href="https://www.socialstudies.org/about/lawrence-m-paska" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Dr. Lawrence Paska</a>. For the next six weeks, Thinking Nation's Executive Director, Zachary Cote, will interview various leaders in social studies education in the lead up to <a href="https://civiclearningweek.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Civic Learning Week</a> (March 11-15, 2024). On March 11th, Zach and Larry will cohost a webinar entitled, "<a href="https://www.socialstudies.org/professional-learning/state-social-studies-education-collaboratively-moving-forward" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The State of Social Studies Education: Collaboratively Moving Forward.</a>" This episode will provide a sort of preview to that larger conversation.<br /><br />In each episode, Zach will talk to the guest(s) about the state of social studies education broadly, while also looking specifically at the data found in a <a href="https://www.edweek.org/products/whitepaper/a-second-class-subject-why-social-studies-gets-short-shrift" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">white paper published by Education Week</a> in November 2023, which Thinking Nation commissioned. We hope that these conversations stir up ideas in the Civic Learning and Social Studies communities about how we can move forward and best support and sustain social studies education in the future in order to preserve and protect our constitutional democracy.</p>