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Governor Baker signs genocide education bill

12/30/2021 by Leave a Comment

On December 2, 2021, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation to require lessons on the Holocaust and other mass atrocities and to support school districts to develop lesson plans for middle and high school classrooms. Massachusetts follows nineteen other states that have already mandated the study of genocide in the school curriculum. “By this bill […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has unanimously voted to approve and adopt the 2018 Massachusetts State History and Social Science curriculum framework.

06/26/2018 by Leave a Comment

June 26, 2018 Today, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously voted to approve and adopt the 2018 revision of the Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework. Congratulations to Dave Buchanan, Sue Wheltle, Heather Peske, and to the entire History and Social Science curriculum framework review panel for their hard work and dedication […]

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Full (Complete) Statement from Gorman Lee, Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies, to MA Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

05/22/2018 by Leave a Comment

May 22, 2018   Good morning. My name is Gorman Lee of Boston, Massachusetts. I started my teaching career in Massachusetts in 1993. I taught in Medford and Braintree, and currently serve as the K-12 Director of Social Studies for the Braintree Public Schools. I am also the Director of Professional Development Programming and past […]

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History and social studies remain an academic core subject in the Boston Public Schools says Interim Superintendent McDonough

06/05/2014 by Leave a Comment

Dear Friends, Below is an official response from John McDonough, Interim Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, pertaining to online rumors that Boston Public Schools was eliminating the History and Social Studies department: There is a lot of misinformation circulating online and I want to set the record straight. History and Social Studies is remaining […]

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C3 Framework Holds Great Promise and Potential

12/03/2013 by Leave a Comment

At the recent St. Louis NCSS National Conference, the major initiative of the conference was the unveiling of and enthusiasm for the new College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards: State Guidance for Enhancing the Rigor of K-12 Civics, Economics, Geography, and History This initiative is the result of exhaustive […]

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New England Social Studies Teacher Placement Job Fair

09/28/2013 by Leave a Comment

New England Social Studies Teacher Placement Job Fair This year, NERC will host the New England Social Studies Teacher Placement Job Fair on Wednesday, April 9, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The job fair will invite graduating students majoring in history and social studies education from colleges and universities to meet representatives of […]

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NCSS National Convention Coming to Boston in 2014

04/20/2013 by 5 Comments

NCSS National Conference Update   November 21-23, 2014 seems a long way off, but yet for the NCSS National Convention and those dates in Boston, it is right around the corner. The Conference’s theme is Let Freedom Ring! The Civic Mission of Our Schools and NCSS has already contracted with the Hynes Convention Center and […]

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