A Window of Opportunity--Kristen Pekarek

Over the next few weeks, states around our nation can join Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Tennessee in submitting waivers to the requirements of the federal education law No Child Left Behind (NCLB). At the recent NCSS Annual Conference in Washington, DC, attendees were told about the new waiver policy and the role that social studies could play in it. Before you can understand this important opportunity, you need --> Read More