National Center for History in the Schools (NCHS) is an organization dedicated to enhancing teaching effectiveness and promoting K-12 student engagement with history through innovative publications, teaching aids, curricular development, professional workshops, and community outreach.
The NCHS was founded in 1988 by UCLA Professor and Dean of Undergraduate and Intercollege Curricular Development Gary Nash.
The NCHS's most notable projects included the development of the National History Standards and Historical Thinking Standards developed with federal funding to promote national educational reform with regard to the content and assessment of K–12 U.S. and world history courses in American schools.
The NCHS is part of a dynamic network of university-based programs that partner with school districts and K-12 teachers to develop innovative teaching units.
NCHS has been a partner on five Department of Education Teaching American History grants, providing for the academic presentations around which school districts organize their professional development.