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Susan Etter's List: Civics Education
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Sep 25, 09
Illinois Civic Mission Coalition Civic Audit for Illinois High Schools
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Sep 29, 09
The mission of the East Palo Alto Youth Court is to provide a community-based diversion program, in partnership with the City of East Palo, the East Palo Alto Police Department and local schools, through which young people who have committed minor offenses make amends for the harm done and constructively contribute to the East Palo Alto community through positive peer influence and adult assistance.
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Oct 05, 09
Article on lack of civics knowledge - oly 2.8 % of high school students in Oklahoma could answer six or more questions correctly on a ten question quiz based on questions from the citizenship test.
September 2009 Volume 16 Number 9 - Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs -
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Oct 08, 09
provides talking points on trial by jury, independence of the judiciary, steps in a trial, courts and legal procedure and more.
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Oct 14, 09
The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles and History, a nonprofit, nonsectarian, nonpartisan, educational organization, works with educators in response to requests for resources to strengthen the teaching of America's founding principles and history. The Jack Miller Center's vision is to be the leading resource for educators who want to strengthen the teaching of America's founding principles and history. The goal of the Miller Center is to ensure that students receive the best possible education and are prepared to be good stewards of our nation's freedoms and the free institutions that protect all Americans' liberties. The Jack Miller Center's headquarters are located in the Philadelphia suburb of Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Oct 14, 09
The Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy, an initiative housed in the Department of Government at Georgetown University, seeks to advance the study of America's founding principles and their roots in the Western philosophical and religious traditions. Named for Alexis de Tocqueville, the 19th-century French observer of America, the Forum endeavors to emulate Tocqueville's sympathetic and penetrating exploration of the origins of and prospects for American constitutional democracy.
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Oct 15, 09
Free Seminars and Summer Institutes for Social Studies Teachers
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Oct 15, 09
Simply put, the On-Demand Constitutional Seminar allows you to get some of the Bill of Rights Institute’s classroom tested educational materials and training without having to attend a program in person. This online learning model enables you to participate in an online professional development program that provides you with the same background information and educational content, and similar teaching strategies as in-person Constitutional Seminars. Additionally, you can move through the programs at your own pace and according to your own schedule – anywhere you have an Internet connection and a computer.
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Oct 19, 09
Pennsylvania standards describe what students should know and be able to do and reflect the increasing complexity and sophistication that students are expected to achieve as they progress through school.
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Oct 29, 09
Years of research show that it's closely linked to almost everything that we as a nation say we want for our children and demand from our schools: academic achievement, social and emotional development, civic engagement, and equitable opportunity.
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