Media Information and Press Releases

Silver Spring – July 1, 2009 – The National Council for the Social Studies is pleased to announce that Sydele E. (Syd) Golston, an Arizona school administrator and former classroom teacher at the secondary and post-secondary level for over 30 years, will begin a 12-month term as President of NCSS on July 1.   read more »

Silver Spring, Md. – July 1, 2009– Steven A. Goldberg, a high school teacher and department chairman at New Rochelle High School in New Rochelle, New York, has been elected President-Elect of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the nation’s largest professional organization for social studies educators. Goldberg will begin his 2009-10 term effective July 1, 2009.   read more »

Silver Spring, Md. – June 30, 2009 – Susan (Sue) J. Blanchette, a high school teacher at Hillcrest High School in Dallas, Texas, has been elected Vice President of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the nation’s largest professional organization for social studies educators. Blanchette will begin her 2009-10 term effective July 1, 2009.   read more »

Silver Spring, MD – July 1, 2009 – Michelle Herczog, the History-Social Science Consultant for the Los Angeles County Office of Education, Downey, California, has been elected to serve a three-year term as the at-large representative on the Board of Directors of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the nation’s largest professional organization for social studies educators   read more »

Silver Spring, MD – July 1, 2009 – Karen Burgard, a social studies department chair and classroom teacher at Harrisonville High School, Harrisonville, Missouri has been elected to serve a three-year term as the secondary teacher representative on the Board of Directors of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the nation’s largest professional organization for social studies   read more »