John Hale Receives 2013 Roy Erickson Civic Education Leadership Award

Mar 14, 2013 / Announcements

LOS ANGELES — John Hale was presented recently with the Roy Erickson Civic Education Leadership Award—an honor bestowed annually on civic education leaders who promote or implement civic learning in California schools. Hale received the award Saturday, March 9, at the 52nd Annual California Council for the Social Studies Conference in Burlingame, a yearly meeting attended by more than 800 history and social science educators from around California.

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One-Year Civic Education and Social Studies Teaching Positions Available in China

May 30, 2012 / Announcements, Volume 4, Issue 1

Note: Applications are no longer being accepted for the positions described below.

The Center for Civic Education is pleased to pass on to you the following one-year teaching opportunity in China. The opportunity involves a one-year civic education pilot program in a local school district in Shenzhen, a major city in southern China immediately north of Hong Kong.
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Washington Post Highlights We the People

Apr 18, 2012 / E-news

An article in this weekend’s Washington Post explored the experiences of two We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution middle school classes as they participated in Virginia’s middle school championship.

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Arcadia High School to Represent California in We the People National Finals

Feb 27, 2012 / E-news

Arcadia High School placed first in the California state We the People finals, held February 10-11 in Bakersfield. The victory qualifies Arcadia to represent California at the 25th Annual We the People National Finals in April at George Mason University in Virginia. Centennial High School placed second and Irvington High School placed third.

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Highlands High School Takes Kentucky State Championship

Feb 10, 2012 / 2012 National Finals, Volume 4, Issue 1

Highlands High School won the Kentucky state We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution championship on January 27. With the victory, the class earned the honor to represent Kentucky at the 25th Annual We the People National Finals at George Mason University and in Washington, D.C., April 27-May 1.
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Marshwood High School Wins in Maine

Feb 10, 2012 / 2012 National Finals, Volume 4, Issue 1

Students from Marshwood High School placed first in the Maine state We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution finals.
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Blackfoot High School Captures Idaho We the People Championship

Feb 10, 2012 / 2012 National Finals, E-news, Volume 4, Issue 1

Students from Blackfoot High School placed first in Idaho’s We the People state finals. Blackfoot Mayor Mike Virtue called the competition “amazing.” “These young people represent the community well,” Virtue told the Blackfoot Morning News.
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Haynes Academy Wins Louisiana State Competition

Feb 03, 2012 / E-news

Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies won the Louisiana State We the People Competition on January 27. Four classes competed at the event held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Easthampton High School Students Are Massachusetts We the People Champs

Feb 03, 2012 / 2012 National Finals, Volume 4, Issue 1

Kelley Brown’s students at Easthampton High School won the Massachusetts state We the People title January 28 during the state finals competition at Harvard University.
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Findlay High School Wins Ohio We the People Finals

Jan 31, 2012 / 2012 National Finals, Volume 4, Issue 1

Students from Findlay High School won the Ohio We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution high school state competition on January 27 in Columbus. The students will represent Ohio at the 25th Annual We the People National Finals at George Mason University and in Washington, D.C., on April 28-May 1.
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