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Wash. state high-school students speak out against cuts to school staffing
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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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Powerful and Authentic Social Studies (PASS): Teacher Training Institute
Powerful and Authentic Social Studies (PASS) is a professional development program that trains social studies teachers in cur -More-
$125,000 Salary for Master Middle School Teachers
TEP Charter School
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Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
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N.J. middle-schoolers learn about budgets and grocery shopping
New Jersey eighth-grade students have been learning about budgets, economics and how to stretch a dollar in the grocery store -More-
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Utah school integrates business concepts across curriculum
Educators at a Utah charter school are hoping to teach students about entrepreneurship and finances by awarding play money fo -More-
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How -- and why -- one Mich. district makes time for field trips
Teachers in a Michigan district say field trips are an important part of the school curriculum, calling them in some cases "s -More-
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Ohio educators travel to sister school to learn about teaching in China
A Cleveland high-school principal and four teachers recently traveled to China to visit their sister school in Guangzhou. -More-
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Teachers weigh in on best routes to the classroom
A recent report, released by a group of 17 classroom teachers and the Center for Teaching Quality, seeks to add the voice of -More-
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U.S. Senator checks in with students via Skype
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IPads engage students in Wis. elementary, middle schools
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Wis. elementary-school students share what they know about history in "museum"
The Prairie School in Wisconsin was temporarily transformed into a "Window to the World" museum that reflects what the elemen -More-
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Ohio students complete youth police academy program
A group of nine seventh- and eighth-grade students from Youngstown, Ohio, recently completed training with the Black Knights -More-
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Exhibit booth reservations for the 2013 NCSS Annual Conference
NCSS is accepting reservations for exhibiting at the 2013 NCSS Annual Conference. -More-
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Call for manuscripts -- Social Studies and the Young Learner
If you're an enthusiastic elementary teacher or teacher educator with great ideas that you've implemented in the classroom, w -More-
$125,000 Salary for Master Middle School Teachers
TEP Charter School
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That which is always within our reach is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all.
L.E. Landon,British writer and poet -More-
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Social Studies Club archives the history of their Ind. high school
The Social Studies Club at Indiana's Normal Community West High School is working hard to maintain their school's history thr -More-
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3 ways to improve reading comprehension
Students need to learn how to digest what they read rather than simply scan text for the answer to a question, science educat -More-
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