NCSS is now accepting proposals for presentation at the 2009 NCSS Annual Conference in Atlanta, November 13-15. The 89th NCSS Conference will ask presenters to address our key responsibility as social studies educators: preparing young citizens to make a better world.  read more »

Thank you to the incredible volunteers from the 2008 Conference Local Arrangements and Program Planning Committees for helping make the conference a success!  read more »

The NCSS Curriculum Review Task Force has posted a draft of the revisions to the NCSS Curriculum Standards for comment. This document represent the most recent efforts of the task force, and is a work in progress. The task force asks for input from the NCSS membership and other social studies professionals as it continues its work.  read more »

October 5: Syd in India

I took the flight from New Delhi to Aurangabad this morning. I was early to the airport, and passed time reading the matrimonial ads in the India Times. I remember these from the 1996 trip to Mumbai and Hyderabad, and they haven't changed at all. Prospective grooms' families still list relentlessly the young men's academic and financial achievements, followed by the request that the bride be fair, tall, and accomplished. While we worry about the racial subtext in the American election, it's right there up front in those ads.  read more »

If you are arriving in Houston early for the NCSS Conference, we invite you to attend the National Social Studies Supervisors Association (NSSSA) Conference, a one-day event on Thursday, Nov.13th at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston. NSSSA is an organization for social studies leaders who want to network with their peers from around the nation at the NCSS annual conference.  read more »