Happy Holidays!! A reminder to NCSS_C3LC Twitter page subscribers that as of January 5, 2018, we will be merging @NCSS_C3LC with @NCSSNetwork . We invite you to subscribe to @NCSSNetwork and look forward to seeing you there in the New Year!
Congratulations to NCSS member Rodney D’Souza, Fifth Third Bank Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship at Northern Kentucky University, for being honored with a Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education. https://t.co/0Dxyl9xp8H
Thank you for all your efforts! Together with you, NCSS and other organizations are making a difference. The proposed tax on graduate tuition credits is no longer included in the final Tax Bill from Congress: https://t.co/mqvKqHTn6W @cufagradforum@CUFANCSS
Check out this recent NPR podcast & transcript interview of Daniel Ellsberg regarding his new book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War" as well as teaching suggestions on the topic at: https://t.co/7mStqxE1t1
NCSS is currently accepting applications from members to serve on the NCSS Notable Social Studies Tradebooks for Young People Committee. Apply by December 31 here: https://t.co/jVMgIoJBet
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. Latkes are the main fried food of Hanukkah in North American Jewish homes. In Israel, people devour sufganiyot (jelly-filled doughnuts). Business rather than religious reasons account for the difference. via@HISTORY https://t.co/smds2sTyHC
Congratulations to NCSS member Rodney D’Souza, Fifth Third Bank Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship at Northern Kentucky University, for being honored with a Leavey Awards for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education. https://t.co/0Dxyl9xp8H
Here's an interesting poll question from @baylee_bingaman: How much time should be allocated to social studies? Take the poll and have your answer tallied! https://t.co/WlTYYbhuKK
The official public comment period on the WV proposals affecting social studies ends at 4 p.m. Monday. If you are in WV, there is still time to make your voice heard. WV Social Studies Council comment against proposed changes is described here:
https://t.co/RE1qmwo73L
Spring professional learning opportunities: The 2018 Educators’ Conference on the Holocaust sponsored by the Bureau of Jewish Education & many partners, including the Arizona Council for the Social Studies, will be held Mar. 1. For more information visit: https://t.co/bxqq3tXA8w.
On the GOP tax bills that get rid of the state and local tax deduction, here's an interesting graphic on what services state and local spending supports. Education, not surprisingly, took up the largest chunk, according to the @uscensusbureau in 2014. https://t.co/V2Q2kAjJGv
Here are two summer...or winter reading recommendations from Margaret Smith Crocco - Learn more by following the links: Sarah Vowell's "Wordy Shipmates" https://t.co/ECDIr59FNJ, "Behave" by Robert M. Sapolsky https://t.co/lEK0GOTH6l.
Follow us on @NCSSNetwork in the New Year! Dear NCSS_C3LC Twitter page subscribers, as of January 5, 2018, in an effort to serve you better, we will be merging @NCSS_C3LC with @NCSSNetwork. We look forward to seeing you there!
Opportunity for K-12 educators! @NEHgov 3-week Summer Institute “Addiction in American History,” June 10-29, in Lexington, KY. Apply by 3/1/18. Successful applicants will receive $2700 stipend to defray costs. More at: https://t.co/KG35FKMx5D or e-mail: [email protected].