Legislative Updates
Legislative Action Alert: January 20, 2012
For NCSS Members whose Congressional representatives are members of the House Education & the Workforce Committee: --> read more »
»A Window of Opportunity
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). --> read more »
Legislative Action Alert: October 14, 2011
LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT: October 14, 2011
Dear NCSS Members:
Earlier this week, Senate HELP Committee Chairman Harkin (IA) released his draft re-write of No Child Left Behind. We expect it to be voted on in committee on Tuesday, October 18th. We understa nd that there may be an opportunity to elevate the social studies in the legislation, but we have to act fast. --> read more »
Sandra Day O'Connor on "Closing America's Civic Education Deficit"
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Op-Ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on the importance of civic education.
Closing America's Civic Education Deficit, Philadelphia Inquirer, Op-ed 9/16/2011NCSS Letter to Hawaii DOE-2011
The attached letter was written on behalf of social studies educators in Hawaii to the HI DOE. Educators in Hawaii alerted the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) that they were considerin reducing the number of social studies credits for high school graduation from four to three credits. We urged them not do so. --> read more »
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