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Lincoln High School Places First in We the People National Finals!
After three days of simulated congressional hearings on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Lincoln High School of Portland, Oregon, won first place in the the 25th Anniversary We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals. Maggie L. Walker Governor's School of Richmond, Virginia, placed second and Arcadia High School of Arcadia, California, finished third.
The Top-Ten We the People National Finalists Have Been Announced!
The top-ten classes advancing to the championship round of the 25th Anniversary We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals have been announced. These classes are competing for first place on Monday, April 30, in congressional hearing rooms on Capitol Hill.
A Civics National Call to ActionThe National Assessment of Educational Progress results confirm an alarming and continuing trend that civics in America is in decline, writes Charles N. Quigley, Center for Civic Education Executive Director. "These developments indicate that civic education is facing a real 'civics recession' calling upon all of us to develop a national call to action."
Democracy MosaicWhere can you find fourth-graders from Pennsylvania and Wisconsin demonstrating their creativity and critical thinking alongside ninth-graders from New Mexico and first-graders from Rhode Island, to name just a few?
Visit democracymosaic.net to explore students’ artwork depicting the connections between bullying and key concepts of civil democracy, such as authority, privacy, responsibility, and justice.

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