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Professional Subject-Area Organizations

THE ARTS
Music Educators National Conference
1902 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091
703-860-4000

CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
The Center for Civic Education
5146 Douglas Fir Road
Calabasas, CA 91203
818-591-9321

ECONOMICS
The National Council on Economic Education
1140 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
212-730-7007

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Six Executive Plaza
Yonkers, NY 10801-6801
914-963-8830

GEOGRAPHY
National Council for Geographic Education
1600 M Street, NW
Suite 2500
Washington, DC 20036
202-775-7832

HEALTH EDUCATION
Association for the Advancement of Health Education
1900 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091
703-476-3437

HISTORY
National Center for History in the Schools
UCLA, 231 Noore Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-825-4702

LANGUAGE ARTS
National Standards for the English Language Arts Project
The International Reading Association Division of Research
800 Barksdale Road
P.O. Box 8139
Newark, DE 19714-8139
302-731-1600, ext. 226

MATHEMATICS
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
1906 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091
703-620-9840

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
National Association for Sport and Physical Education
1900 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091
703-476-3410

SCIENCE
National Science Education Standards
2101 Constitution Ave., NW
HA 486
Washington, DC 20418
202-334-1399

SOCIAL STUDIES
National Council for the Social Studies
8555 16th St. Suite 500
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
301-588-1800
www.socialstudies.org

TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
International Technology Education Association
1914 Association Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191-1539
703-860-2100

NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
1954 Buford Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
800-322-9664