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East High School Places First at We the People National Finals
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Months of study and hard-won victories at the congressional district and state levels
ended this week for more than 1,200 high school students representing 50 states and the
Northern Mariana Islands in the 21st annual We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution
National Finals, a competition on the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. After three
days of simulated congressional hearings, the class from East High School of Denver,
Colorado, emerged as the national champion. Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for
Government and International Studies of Richmond, Virginia, and Grant High School of
Portland, Oregon, took second and third place, respectively.
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''East High Tops in the Nation, Again''
Denver Post (Denver, Colorado) - May 06, 2008
Students from Denver’s East High School took first place Monday at the We the People national finals in Washington, D.C. "We competed against the best and the brightest in the country,” said teacher Susan McHugh, “and they came ready to compete.” The students competed against classes from 49 other states and the Northern Mariana Islands. This is the second year in a row that a class from East High School has placed first in the national finals, which tests students’ knowledge of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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Twelfth World Congress on Civic Education to Focus on Sustainability
Sustaining Civic Education: Achievements and Challenges is the focus of the twelfth
World Congress on Civic Education convening in Morocco, May 24–30. Educators from more
than 65 countries and 30 U.S. states will meet in Casablanca and Ifrane to share ideas
and best practices on civic education programs around the world. This year’s World Congress
is hosted by the Center for Civic Education and the Moroccan Center for Civic Education, in
collaboration with the Higher Council for Education, the Moroccan Ministry of Education,
and Al Akhawayn University under the High Patronage of His Majesty Mohammed VI King of
Morocco. [more]
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Teachers from California, Kentucky and Montana
Receive American Civic Education Teacher Awards
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The American Civic Education Teacher Awards recognize teachers for their exemplary work
preparing young people to become informed and engaged citizens. This year's recipients
are Cheryl Cook-Kallio of Irvington High School in Fremont, California; Julie Kuhnhein
of Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky; and Sally Broughton of Monforton
Elementary School in Bozeman, Montana.
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Washington State We the People Students Promote Bill for Increased Civic
Learning
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Evergreen High School students work with the Washington State
Legislature and Governor Chris Gregoire on the passage of a bill to
require more civic learning in the classroom. The students from Patti
McMaster's We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution class already
knew how to effect public policy change because of their earlier
participation in Project Citizen. Ted McConnell, director of the
Campaign to Promote Civic Education, writes about the students' efforts
to increase classroom time spent on Washington state government,
economics, and politics...[More] |
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