http://ncss.org/latestnews Top News from NCSS en http://ncss.org/legislative_updates/presidents_fy_2013_budget_request <p>The Obama Administration's Fact Sheet on the FY2013 Budget, as well as a link to the briefing that took place on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at the US Department of Education is posted on the NCSS Connected Home page.</p> <p>Please view Ana Post's blog below to visit these links.</p> <p><a href="http://ncss.org/legislative_updates/presidents_fy_2013_budget_request" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Legislative Updates NCSS News and Announcements Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:14:07 +0000 Kristen Pekarek 3073 at http://ncss.org http://ncss.org/ncss_news_and_announcements/ncss_black_history_month_resources <p><img src="/system/files/images/BlackHistoryMonth2.jpg" width="600" height="347" alt="BlackHistoryMonth2.jpg" /></p> <p>Take a look at the NCSS website to check out our Black history Month Resources at: <a href="http://www.socialstudies.org/resources" title="http://www.socialstudies.org/resources">http://www.socialstudies.org/resources</a></p> NCSS News and Announcements Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:18:16 +0000 Kristen Pekarek 3064 at http://ncss.org http://ncss.org/news_and_advocacy/joint_statement_tuscon_book_censorship <h3>January 30, 2012</h3> <p>The undersigned organizations are committed to protecting free speech and intellectual freedom. We write to express our deep concern about the removal of books used in the Mexican-American Studies Program in the Tucson Unified School District.</p><p><a href="http://ncss.org/news_and_advocacy/joint_statement_tuscon_book_censorship" target="_blank">read more</a></p> News and Advocacy Advocacy NCSS News and Announcements Tuscon Unified School District Academic Freedom Controversial Issues Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:47:08 +0000 TimDaly 3044 at http://ncss.org http://ncss.org/legislative_updates/legislative_action_alert_january_20_2012 <p>For NCSS Members whose Congressional representatives are members of the House Education &amp; the Workforce Committee:</p> <p><a href="http://ncss.org/legislative_updates/legislative_action_alert_january_20_2012" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Advocacy Legislative Updates Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:51:30 +0000 Kristen Pekarek 3029 at http://ncss.org http://ncss.org/advocacy/nclbwaiver <p>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).</p><p><a href="http://ncss.org/advocacy/nclbwaiver" target="_blank">read more</a></p> News and Advocacy Advocacy Federal Legislative Updates NCLB Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:39:56 +0000 TimDaly 3026 at http://ncss.org