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We the People
High School Level
Student Text
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The Center for Civic Education website receives an A+ from 
March 2008
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The Center for Civic Education is a Civnet Partner
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Announcing the We the People Companion Website
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The Center for Civic Education proudly announces the launch of the new We the People
companion website at wtpcompanion.civiced.org. The website is designed to be used alongside
the new We the People: The Citizen & the Constitution Level 3 text for high school students.
Features include an overview of the student edition, the preface, and the introduction;
the full text of all unit and lesson purposes; terms with definitions; the glossary;
biographies; links to Supreme Court cases; links to the full text of primary sources;
an annotated bibliography; links to specially selected websites that illuminate concepts
mentioned in the student text; and multimedia.
Additional features are being added frequently, so be sure to visit the We the
People companion website at wtpcompanion.civiced.org often for the latest dynamic
We the People content. If you have any suggestions about the companion website,
please email Mark Gage, the Center's editorial director.
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'We the People' compete
- May 19, 2008
CNN reports on East High School's testimony on Capitol Hill in the final round of the 21st Annual We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals. The Denver, Colorado, school took first place in this year's competition.
Watch the CNN story.
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| Announcements | | 2008 Portfolio Achievement Level Results
For the 2008 We the People: Project Citizen National Showcase, students prepared four-panel
portfolios and documentation binders chronicling the steps they took to identify and research
a problem in their community, their evaluation of alternative policies, their proposed public
policy, and an action plan formulated to have their policy enacted.
Students' public policy portfolios were selected to represent their states at the national
level. Members of state legislatures, legislative staff, and educators serve as evaluators
for the showcase. Each portfolio was evaluated three times. Achievement level results are
based on the average score of the three rounds of portfolio evaluation during the National
Showcase.
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| Research Shows Civic Education Program Valuable in Urban Setting
A recent climate study shows that civic education programs can have a
positive impact on student learning. The study assessed the effect of
the Center's School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program on
students at Ritter Elementary School in Pennsylvania's Allentown
School District. The research found a positive correlation between
implementation of the program and higher achievement levels on state
standardized testing, better student-faculty relations, and a more
cohesive sense of community. Read more about the study.
The Morning Call
reports on the Allentown School District winning the prestigious Compass Award
for its exemplary work in civic education.
A Morning Call editorial touts the benefits
of civic education programs for students in Pennsylvania's Allentown School
District. Philadelphia Inquirer
columnist Chris Satullo writes about Ritter Elementary School's success in "Civics Lessons
Take the Spotlight."
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Education for Democracy Podcast
The Center for Civic Education is proud to announce the Education for Democracy Podcast,
a monthly audio series devoted to promoting an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed
to democratic principles. The podcast tells the stories of students and teachers throughout the
world engaged in making their communities better places; learning about government, law, and
democracy; and participating in the public policymaking process. This month we discuss the 12th
World Congress on Civic Education, held this year in Morocco in the cities of Casablanca and Ifrane.
Available through the Center
Multimedia
page, iTunes
, or through Podcast Alley.
Download this month's episode.
Subscribe to the podcast.
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