Dr. Lawrence Paska is the Executive Director of National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the largest professional association in the country devoted to social studies education.

Larry began his career as a public middle school social studies teacher in New York. He later served at the New York State Education Department and led New York's standards and assessment programs for social studies. He later became the Director of Social Studies for Harrison Central School District. He then served as the Director of PD for the Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), where he implemented New York State's K-12 Social Studies Framework across 32 public school districts.

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