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Principals who use their observational time to focus on professional development and improving instruction, rather than simpl -More- 

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School districts should audit their communication plans and ensure they are appropriate for the 21st century, suggests Joel G -More- 

Students in Carol Hines' first-grade class at Farmersville Elementary School in Pennsylvania spent last year learning geograp -More- 

Archaeologists may have found the relatives of the medieval knight whose skeleton was found under a parking lot in Edinburgh, -More- 

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Powerful and Authentic Social Studies (PASS) is a professional development program that trains social studies teachers in cur -More- 

NCSS is accepting nominations and applications for the following awards and grants: Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the -More- 

2013-2014 (Z-Term) Teaching Specialist or Lecturer: Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Joseph Addison,British essayist, poet, playwright and politician -More- 

Social studies teachers in Kenton County, Ky., are among the first teachers in the country to incorporate some key elements o -More- 

Educators in Alabama say the Civil Rights Movement is often taught differently, depending on whether a school has a predomina -More- 

Chris Daniels, a ninth-grade social studies teacher at Kearney Junior High School in Missouri, approached his colleagues with -More- 

Faribault School District in Minnesota is getting ready as the next school year will bring changes to the state's social stud -More- 

Lesson-sharing websites are gaining increased traction as educators search for free resources to help them implement the Comm -More- 

Officials with the American Institutes for Research are citing a server malfunction for online testing problems recently expe -More- 

Students at Pleasant Knoll Elementary School in South Carolina are taking on real-world issues by answering this question: Ho -More- 

Students at Lawrence High School in Kansas gave their history lessons a Hollywood twist, by producing documentaries on the 19 -More- 

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Warren Zanes, executive director of Steven Van Zandt's Rock and Roll Forever Foundation (RRFF), is scheduled to speak at the  -More-