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Charles de Gaulle,French general and statesman -More- 

Students at two high schools in Hanover, N.J., used their genocide studies classes as the basis for schoolwide projects to ra -More- 

Students at a Virginia elementary school are learning about savings accounts, interest and other aspects of money management  -More- 

Fourth-graders in teacher Stephanie Crow's class at Elm Grove Elementary School in Wheeling, W.Va., are following the season  -More- 

Coursera has added a "teacher professional development" category to its collection of online and videotaped courses, allowing -More- 

Principals who use their observational time to focus on professional development and improving instruction, rather than simpl -More- 

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School districts should audit their communication plans and ensure they are appropriate for the 21st century, suggests Joel G -More- 

Students in Carol Hines' first-grade class at Farmersville Elementary School in Pennsylvania spent last year learning geograp -More- 

Archaeologists may have found the relatives of the medieval knight whose skeleton was found under a parking lot in Edinburgh, -More- 

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Powerful and Authentic Social Studies (PASS) is a professional development program that trains social studies teachers in cur -More- 

NCSS is accepting nominations and applications for the following awards and grants: Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the -More- 

2013-2014 (Z-Term) Teaching Specialist or Lecturer: Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Joseph Addison,British essayist, poet, playwright and politician -More- 

Social studies teachers in Kenton County, Ky., are among the first teachers in the country to incorporate some key elements o -More- 

Educators in Alabama say the Civil Rights Movement is often taught differently, depending on whether a school has a predomina -More- 

Chris Daniels, a ninth-grade social studies teacher at Kearney Junior High School in Missouri, approached his colleagues with -More- 

Faribault School District in Minnesota is getting ready as the next school year will bring changes to the state's social stud -More- 

Lesson-sharing websites are gaining increased traction as educators search for free resources to help them implement the Comm -More- 

Officials with the American Institutes for Research are citing a server malfunction for online testing problems recently expe -More-