2022 Project Citizen Research Program National Showcase

The 2022 Project Citizen Research Program (PCRP) National Showcase highlighted excellent student public policy projects from schools across the country. The projects were created by classes that took part in the PCRP, a national research project funded through a U.S. Department of Education grant to study the efficacy of the Project Citizen curricular program and teacher professional development. Students tackled topics important to their schools and communities, such as preserving the local tree canopy, decorating graduation caps, needing a school holiday for Eid-al-Fitr, supporting teen mental health, and enacting prison reform. Each region in the PCRP submitted three class portfolios to the national showcase.

The 2022 PCRP National Showcase results and rankings are shown by region below. Congratulations to all classes who participated in the PCRP in the 2021-2022 school year!


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Region 1: Western States

Recycling, Christensen Middle School, California - Exceptional


Attendance Dilemma, Toppenish High School, Washington State - Exceptional


Graduation Caps, Toppenish High School, Washington State - Exceptional


Region 2: Mountain/Plains States

Project Citizen Parking, Abilene High School, Kansas - Superior


Teen Mental Health, Mary Our Queen School, Nebraska - Outstanding


Pollution, West Central Middle School, South Dakota - Honorable Mention


Region 3: Central States

Prison Reform, The Chicago Academy of the Arts, Illinois - Exceptional


Drug Abuse, Rock Hill High School, Ohio - Superior


Sewage in Four Pole Creek, Huntington Middle School, West Virginia - Outstanding


Region 4: Southeastern States

Protecting Our Earth’s Natural Resources, Benndale Elementary School, Mississippi - Superior


It's a Food Fight! Transforming School Lunches One Change at a Time, East Amory Elementary School, Mississippi - Honorable Mention


Protecting Charlotte’s Tree Canopy, Pioneer Springs Community School, North Carolina - Exceptional


Region 5: Northeastern States

Eid-al-Fitr, Park City Magnet School, Connecticut - Superior


School Newsletter, Dexter Southfield, Massachusetts - Exceptional


Adulting 101 Class, Leominster High School, Massachusetts - Superior


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