Professional Development Monthly

November 29, 2023 | December 2023 Edition (#40)

In just two short days, the 103rd NCSS Annual Conference will be in full swing! Follow @NCSSNetwork for highlights and real-time updates on highly anticipated sessions and special conference events. Download the Program Guide to see the speaker lineup, on-site information, exhibit hall poster sessions, and everything else #NCSS2023 has to offer.

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NCSS is calling all members to apply for one of three new task forces forming to review and potentially update current position statements. Applications are due tomorrow, November 30, 2023. Apply here now!

• Revitalizing Civic Learning in Our Schools
• Toward Responsibility: Social Studies Education that Respects and Affirms Indigenous Peoples and Nations
• Youth, Social Media and Digital Civic Engagement

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NEW: Visions of Education

Critical Economic Literacy Education with Agato Soroko
In Episode 199 of the Visions of Education Podcast, Dan and Michael chat with Agata Soroko about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Teaching young people more than “how to survive austerity”: From traditional financial literacy to critical economic literacy education.”
Listen here. 
Read the TRSE article here.

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