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NCSS Summer Workshop: "Strengthening Social Studies Learning and Excellence in the Common Core"
In the workshop, participants will build a learning community while learning 15 powerful and practical activities to foster a -More-
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Finding support to attend the NCSS Annual Conference
The 2013 NCSS Annual Conference will provide the most comprehensive professional development available, an investment in your -More-
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SmartBrief will not publish May 27
In observance of the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S., NCSS SmartBrief will not publish on Monday, May 27. -More-
$125,000 Salary for Master Middle School Teachers
TEP Charter School
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Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only by gambling can we take advantage of them.
Clarence Birdseye,American inventor, entrepreneur and naturalist -More-
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Students celebrate geography, history during social studies fair
Sevierville Middle School in Tennessee recently hosted an annual social studies fair where seventh- and eighth-graders displa -More-
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Some Wis. students to get hands-on financial-literacy lessons
Eighth-graders at Regis Catholic Schools in Eau Claire, Wis., are learning about personal finance through a program offered t -More-
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Educators in five states exchange ideas to improve schools
Teachers and administrators in the League of Innovative Schools, a network of 56 schools in five northeastern states, meet re -More-
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Summer campaigns encourage teachers to become "makers"
Mozilla and the National Writing Project will host summertime professional-development opportunities for teachers to learn st -More-
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Top teachers in Ariz. district reflect on their practices, passion
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Opinion: Why -- and how -- schools should use Twitter
In this commentary, Dorie Clark, CEO of Clark Strategic Communications, and Joel Gagne, owner of Allerton Hill Consulting, wr -More-
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IPad apps take current events beyond newspaper headlines
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N.J. teens pitch in to clean hurricane-battered areas
Seniors from Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, N.J., wanted to give something back to their community, which wa -More-
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W.Va. students want to do more with their award-winning research
Sixth-graders Brett Napier and Emily Swann were winners in their division at the recent West Virginia Social Studies Fair for -More-
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NCSS Awards deadline extended to May 31
The deadline to submit a nomination or application for NCSS Awards is extended to May 31. -More-
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Link social studies standards with the Common Core State Standards
"Teaching Reading with the Social Studies Standards: Elementary Units that Integrate Great Books, Social Studies, and the Com -More-
$125,000 Salary for Master Middle School Teachers
TEP Charter School
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Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
H. Jackson Brown,American writer -More-
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Mass. social studies students present their international research projects
Students from Littleton Middle School in Massachusetts recently presented their results of two-month research projects about -More-
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N.J. school aims to teach fifth-grade students about responsibility
Fifth-grade students at a New Jersey elementary school are participating in the CARES program. -More-
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