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Model U.N. feeds Mass. students' interest in international affairs
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Survey shows that British students worry about the environment
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NCSS Summer Workshop: "Strengthening Social Studies Learning and Excellence in the Common Core"
In the workshop "Strengthening Social Studies Learning and Excellence in the Common Core," participants will build a learning -More-
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NCSS awards
NCSS is accepting nominations and applications for the following awards and grants: Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the -More-
Mgr, Impact Invest Initiative
Northwestern University
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Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
Maria Robinson,American writer -More-
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Stocks game gives students a taste of real-world investments
Students enrolled in an accelerated math class at a Pennsylvania elementary school are playing the market through the interna -More-
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How to incorporate Earth Day in classroom lessons
Earth Day presents opportunities to teach about the environment, writes Matt Davis, an editorial assistant at Edutopia. -More-
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All teachers are literacy teachers under common core
Some educators are bracing for what is expected to be a major shift in teaching and learning under the Common Core State Stan -More-
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Miss. middle-school students experience history along the Natchez Trace Parkway
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Will a longer school day enhance social studies, science in Seattle?
Seattle Public Schools officials are looking for ways to add 30 minutes to the elementary-school day to make sure all subject -More-
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Conn. develops tougher regulations for teacher training
The Connecticut Board of Education has adopted more rigorous principles to guide teacher training in the state. -More-
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New social studies standards are approved by Kan. education board
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Survey: Use of social media, technology rises in schools
The number of school districts represented on at least one social network in the past two years has risen 44%, to 74% of dist -More-
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What students can learn in working toward world peace
Students learn through failure and working collaboratively in the project-based, geopolitical World Peace Game, author and Gl -More-
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N.Y. historical society's nomadic tribes exhibit hits the road
The Suffolk County, N.Y., Historical Society's exhibit about four nomadic tribes is pretty nomadic itself. -More-
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Reserve your room now for the NCSS Annual Conference
The room blocks for the 2013 NCSS Annual Conference are now open for reservations. -More-
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Get connected
Connect with your NCSS member colleagues on Connected, the NCSS member networking site. -More-
Lecturer in Economics
University of California, Merced
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When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.
Cynthia Heimel,American writer -More-
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Ill. students' quilt project stitches together math, language arts, social studies
The quilts being donated to the Spiritual Life Center at Cunningham Children's Home in Urbana, Ill, represent much more than -More-
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Teacher: Students can experiment more in a no-grades classroom
Middle-school history teacher Hadley Ferguson in this blog post answers questions about a recent post in which she wrote abou -More-
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