Earlier this month, the Alabama State School Board announced that the standards for teaching social studies in elementary, middle, and high schools will change for the first time since 2010.
The decision was made during the Alabama State School Board meeting.
In 2026, there will be more emphasis on teaching state history than in the past. The current standards require Alabama teachers to teach Alabama History only in the fourth grade, but the new standards add grades three and five to the requirements.
