Civics

Easthampton High team wins national civics championship

Posted on Monday, May 4th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Bera Dunau, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/2/2020
Link: Complete Article

EASTHAMPTON — Before this week, Easthampton High School had never finished better than 19th at the national finals for the We the People competition. Yet on Monday night, a public school team from this small city learned that they’d done the unthinkable: They had won it all. “Never in a million years did I think that we would be… [Read More]

Government 101: Primary voting explained by a high school teacher

Posted on Friday, February 28th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 2/29/2020
Link: Complete Article

SOUTH DEERFIELD — What’s a primary? What’s a superdelegate? Why is Iowa such a big deal? What are we voting for, again? American democracy is complicated. Laura Moore, who teaches government at Frontier Regional School, understands this completely. In fact, she has been getting a lot of practice lately. Moore also teaches classes on U.S…. [Read More]