NCSS Smartbrief
Designed specifically for NCSS Members and Colleagues, NCSS SmartBrief is a FREE, 3-times-weekly e-mail newsletter. By providing the latest need-to-know industry news and information, NCSS saves you time and keeps you smart. Click here to subscribe.
Updated: 1 day 3 hours ago
Utah school integrates business concepts across curriculum
Educators at a Utah charter school are hoping to teach students about entrepreneurship and finances by awarding play money fo -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
How -- and why -- one Mich. district makes time for field trips
Teachers in a Michigan district say field trips are an important part of the school curriculum, calling them in some cases "s -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
Ohio educators travel to sister school to learn about teaching in China
A Cleveland high-school principal and four teachers recently traveled to China to visit their sister school in Guangzhou. -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
Teachers weigh in on best routes to the classroom
A recent report, released by a group of 17 classroom teachers and the Center for Teaching Quality, seeks to add the voice of -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
U.S. Senator checks in with students via Skype
U.S. Sen. -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
IPads engage students in Wis. elementary, middle schools
-More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
Wis. elementary-school students share what they know about history in "museum"
The Prairie School in Wisconsin was temporarily transformed into a "Window to the World" museum that reflects what the elemen -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
Ohio students complete youth police academy program
A group of nine seventh- and eighth-grade students from Youngstown, Ohio, recently completed training with the Black Knights -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
Exhibit booth reservations for the 2013 NCSS Annual Conference
NCSS is accepting reservations for exhibiting at the 2013 NCSS Annual Conference. -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
Call for manuscripts -- Social Studies and the Young Learner
If you're an enthusiastic elementary teacher or teacher educator with great ideas that you've implemented in the classroom, w -More-
$125,000 Salary for Master Middle School Teachers
TEP Charter School
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
That which is always within our reach is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all.
L.E. Landon,British writer and poet -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
Social Studies Club archives the history of their Ind. high school
The Social Studies Club at Indiana's Normal Community West High School is working hard to maintain their school's history thr -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
3 ways to improve reading comprehension
Students need to learn how to digest what they read rather than simply scan text for the answer to a question, science educat -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
Ariz. district to delay enrollment in "culturally relevant" course
-More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
Minn. school districts await social studies curriculum changes
Minnesota lawmakers made changes to its social studies curriculum, including the phasing out of ancient civilizations classes -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
W.Va. students begin testing in social studies, other subjects
Some West Virginia students are spending most of this week taking the West Virginia Educational Standards Test 2, also known -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
Kan. high-school students to post research project on iTunes
High-school students in Kansas today will reveal the work they put into their semester-long research project about the Vietna -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
What to consider when using iPads for classroom reading
Tablet computers such as iPads can help students share their reading insights with others, but students need to learn discipl -More-
Categories: Education News, Smartbrief
