Advance Registration for the Annual Conference is closed, but it is not too late to attend! Please visit our Registration Desk oustide Hall E on the first level of the George R. Brown Convention Center to register on-site!  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 »

Need help teaching the election? The October issue of Social Education will focus on the 2008 Election. NCSS has also put together a list of materials from NCSS and links to web sites that can help you in your classroom.  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 »