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NCSS Member Spotlight:
Fran O'Malley
Fran O’Malley serves at the University of Delaware as Project Director for the Institute for Public Administration’s Democracy Project, Acting Director of the Partnership for Public Administration, and Associate Director for Professional Development Center for Educators. He also serves as advisor for the Council for Chief State School Officers’ Social Studies Collaborative. TSSP speaks with O'Malley about the major activities of the Social Studies Collaborative and what social studies advocates should be addressing now. ( Read More)
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President Meissel's Message: Advocating for the Future of Social Studies
Within my remarks from the President’s Breakfast at NCSS Chicago, I asked attendees a few basic questions regarding our profession: What about us?... What about the future of Social Studies? How do we advocate for a profession that continues to be marginalized and underfunded? ... Read More
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NCSS Statement on Trump Administration's Proposed $4.8M Cuts to History & Civics
The recent release of the Trump Administration’s FY2020 budget request once again proposes deep cuts to programs affecting social studies educators nationwide. Of direct concern is the proposed elimination of the U.S. Department of Education’s K-12 American History & Civics Grants and Academies, currently funded at $4.8 million. (Read more)
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The Marginalization of Social Studies
"Research consistently demonstrates that social studies receives the least amount of instructional time in the elementary grades when compared to the amount of time afforded to other core content areas."
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Speaking Up for Science and Social Studies
This presentation by Nell K. Duke, professor in literacy, language, and culture and also in the combined program in education and psychology at the University of Michigan, was developed at the request of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Social Studies Collaborative. Professor Duke calls for more instructional time for science and social studies education at the elementary level. (Watch)
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NCSS Position Statement: Early Childhood in the Social Studies Context
The NCSS Board of Directors approved the following position statement in March 2019: Early Childhood in the Social Studies Context. ( Read the statement)
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NCSS Podcast:
Supporting Youth-Led Action
In this episode, education professor Dan Krutka and high school teacher Michael Milton chat with Marti Tippins Murphy about her November 2018 Social Education article, “Youth in Front: Supporting Youth Led Action.” (Listen here)
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NCSS Professional Learning
Institutes, Webinars, and Events
Webinar: Socrates and the Battle for the Soul of America: An Online Institute
Register | Multiple Registration Dates
KidCitizen: See, Think, & Wonder w/Primary Sources
Register | April 2, 2019
An Issue-Centered Approach to Classroom Debate & Deliberation
Register | April 9, 2019
Free! for NCSS Members
U.S. Census Bureau: Statistics in School
Register | April 16, 2019
Teaching Sociology and the C3 Framework
Register | April 25, 2019
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NCSS Affiliated Councils
Conferences and Events
ATSS/UFT Greater Metropolitan New York Social Studies Conference
Manhattan, NY
Register | April 13, 2019
Nebraska State Council for the Social Studies
Omaha, NE
Register | June 6-7, 2019
Arkansas Council for the Social Studies
Little Rock, AR
Register | July 10-11, 2019
South Carolina Council for the Social Studies
Greenville, SC
Call for Proposals | September 26-28, 2019
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