Some school board members would like to put the brakes on Moore County Schoolsâ implementation of new state guidelines for teaching social studies.
Effective this fall, North Carolinaâs standard course of study will more actively incorporate the contributions and experiences of women and minorities throughout history. The stateâs standards for social studies have been rewritten at each level from kindergarten through eighth grade, and for each high school social studies course.
A team of about two dozen Moore County Schools teachers is currently combing through the new standards. Their goal is to develop a framework for how teachers in each grade and class might structure their teaching in accordance with the new guidelines.