Jeff Passe is the new president of the National Council for the Social Studies.
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A professor of reading and elementary education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Mr. Passe, 51, will serve a one-year term as the organization’s president.
The Silver Spring, Md.-based NCSS has 26,000 members worldwide.