While Cycle 1 for the 2018 Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Short-term Program application has closed, two opportunities in Brazil and Spain are still accepting applications in Cycle 2!  If you are a U.S. . . .   • Primary and/or secondary classroom teacher • Guidance counselor • Curriculum specialist • Curriculum head • Talented and Gifted coordinator • Special Education coordinator • Media specialist/librarian • Other types of educators eligible You may be eligible to participate in a unique international professional development opportunity for 2-6 weeks through the Fulbright…

On the closing day of the 97th NCSS Annual Conference, Daniel Ellsberg was slated to address the plenary gathering, but he was ill that day, and co-speaker Peter J. Kuznick adeptly filled the hour (as will be reported in the next TSSP newsletter). Ellsberg was soon back on his feet, giving a 59-minute radio interview, a few weeks later. Teachers who wonder what Ellsberg might have said could do worse than check out the podcast and transcript at: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/12/6/doomsday_machine_daniel_ellsberg_reveals_he Ellsberg is author of The Pentagon Papers: A Secret History of the…

A free, virtual library, International Affairs Resources, has over 2,000 carefully selected, annotated links in 34 international affairs categories. It is frequently maintained, receives worldwide use daily, and is designed for teachers, professors, scholars, students, researchers, diplomats, and the interested public, among others.  This directory is supported by Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, USA, and has recently relocated to http://www.internationalaffairsresources.com. (All external links to any former URLs of this site since 1999 will automatically be forwarded to the new URLs…