Legislative Updates
Legislative Alert: Sandra Day O'Connor Act Needs Co-Sponsors
Submitted by Kristen Pekarek on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 3:06pmPlease contact your member of the US House of Reps and urge that they support HR3464, the 'Sandra Day O'Connor Civic Learning Act!' More info at www.civicmissionofschools.org
Listen to NCSS President Sue Blanchette Live on Education Talk Radio
Submitted by Kristen Pekarek on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 5:23pmListen to NCSS President Sue Blanchette on Education Talk Radio Live 12:00 pm 3/2/2012.
Go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/edutalk when show is being aired to conversation live!
Website: http://educationtalkradio.wordpress.com/
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3rd Grade Social Studies SOL Tests in Virginia
Submitted by Kristen Pekarek on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 3:22pmBelow is a copy of the NCSS letter written to the Virginia House to help urge Virginia to continue their 3rd Grade Socials Studies and Science SOL assessments.
January 27, 2012
Honorable Mark L. Dudenhefer Chairman,
Committee on Education
Virginia House of Delegates
Dear Mr. Dudenhefer:
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President's FY 2013 Budget Request
Submitted by Kristen Pekarek on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 4:14pmThe 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.
Please view Ana Post's blog below to visit these links. --> read more »
Legislative Action Alert: January 20, 2012
Submitted by Kristen Pekarek on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 12:51pmFor NCSS Members whose Congressional representatives are members of the House Education & the Workforce Committee: --> read more »
A Window of Opportunity
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 4:39pmOver 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
Submitted by Kristen Pekarek on Fri, 10/14/2011 - 1:07pmLEGISLATIVE 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"
Submitted by Kristen Pekarek on Fri, 09/16/2011 - 4:51pmRetired 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 9/16/2011
NCSS Letter to Hawaii DOE-2011
Submitted by Kristen Pekarek on Fri, 09/16/2011 - 3:19pmThe 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 »
Students Stumble Again on the Basics of History
Submitted by Kristen Pekarek on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 3:43pmNational Test Shows Little Progress in Grasping Democracy, U.S. Role in World
By Stephanie Banchero
Wall Street Journal, June 15, 2011
WSJ's Stephanie Banchero has details of a National Assessment of Educational Progress study showing students at the fourth, eighth and twelfth grade levels struggle with basic history questions. --> read more »
