The National Council for the Social Studies named Kathryn A. Hunter, a teacher at Minnesauke Elementary School, East Setauket, New York, as Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year. Hunter will be honored at the 97th NCSS Annual Conference in San Francisco (Nov. 17-19, 2017), and will receive a commemorative gift and a cash award at the Conference Welcome Breakfast on Friday, Nov. 17 at the Moscone Center.   "NCSS is honored to recognize and acknowledge an educator as outstanding as Ms. Kathryn A. Hunter.  Reviewers noted the effectiveness of Ms. Hunter’s teaching model of…

In Education Week commentary on January 19, 2018, NCSS member and frequent Social Education author Diana E. Hess urges scholars to make voices heard. “The Problem with Calling Scholars ‘Too Political.’” describes the importance of education scholars speaking up and participating in public debates about their issues of expertise. Diana frames partaking in political debate as a responsibility and a way to give back to the community and the universities that support them. “Of course, specialized experts are not the only voices that should be taken seriously in public discourse,” she writes. “But…

This first article in a series on 100 years of NCSS leadership in social studies recounts the organization’s establishment and examines its initial mission.

Letter regarding Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? from the October 2020 issue and responses by the article's authors. 

A close look at the history of African American voting rights can launch a lively classroom discussion about present-day democratic struggles.

Studying the nineteenth-century educator and civil rights leader Octavius Catto can help students move beyond the simplistic U.S. narrative of racial progress to a more complex understanding of race and resistance in America.   

National Council for the Social Studies is a proud co-sponsor of the 2024 Civic Learning Week (CLW). This event is hosted annually by iCivics and seeks to highlight the importance of civic education in sustaining and strengthening constitutional democracy in the United States. By highlighting the civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions that provide the foundation for an informed and engaged populace, CLW seeks to further energize the movement to prioritize civic education across the nation.The 2024 Civic Learning Week runs March 11–15, 2024. NCSS will be…