NCSS and Affiliate News

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 »

Deadline: Feb. 22, 2011

The January/February 2011 issue of The Social Studies Professional is now available online, and features highlights from the 2010 NCSS Annual Conference, the NCSS President's Message, Information on the 2011 NCSS Board election, photos and highlights from the NCSS Awards ceremonies, and more!

Andrea Libresco and Jeannette Balantic have been chosen to be co-editors of Social Studies and the Young Learner for a five-year term beginning with the September/October 2011 issue.   --> read more »

The NCSS Online Teachers’ Library U.S. History Collection is a new benefit created by your professional organization, NCSS, in response to members’ requests.   --> read more »

Jere Brophy, Distinguished Professor of teacher education and educational psychology at Michigan State University and long-time NCSS member died October 15. He was 69 years old. Brophy was a leader in the field of teacher education, and was known for his pioneering research on effective teaching. In 2006, Brophy and Janet Alleman were awarded the NCSS Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award for their research on K-3 students’ thinking about social studies topics in their book Children's Thinking About Cultural Universals.

"As a young teacher in the seventies and eighties, his scholarly work on teacher effects was my first introduction to the applicability of research to the classroom, and greatly influenced my teaching", wrote Michael Yell, middle school social studies teacher and NCSS Past President. "Professor Brophy's influence will continue to be felt in social studies classrooms thoughout the country."

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Silver Spring, MD – July 1, 2009 – Karen Burgard, a social studies department chair and classroom teacher at Harrisonville High School, Harrisonville, Missouri has been elected to serve a three-year term as the secondary teacher representative on the Board of Directors of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the nation’s largest professional organization for social studies   --> read more »

Silver Spring, MD – July 1, 2009 – Michelle Herczog, the History-Social Science Consultant for the Los Angeles County Office of Education, Downey, California, has been elected to serve a three-year term as the at-large representative on the Board of Directors of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the nation’s largest professional organization for social studies educators   --> read more »

Silver Spring, Md. – June 30, 2009 – Susan (Sue) J. Blanchette, a high school teacher at Hillcrest High School in Dallas, Texas, has been elected Vice President of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the nation’s largest professional organization for social studies educators. Blanchette will begin her 2009-10 term effective July 1, 2009.   --> read more »

Silver Spring, Md. – July 1, 2009– Steven A. Goldberg, a high school teacher and department chairman at New Rochelle High School in New Rochelle, New York, has been elected President-Elect of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the nation’s largest professional organization for social studies educators. Goldberg will begin his 2009-10 term effective July 1, 2009.   --> read more »