Civic Learning Award For California Public High Schools
Co-sponsored by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakuaye. We recognize and value the important role of public schools in preparing students for participation in our democracy, and have begun a partnership to support civic education in California. It is therefore with great pleasure that we invite you to apply for the new Civic Learning Award for public high schools. The awards are designed to both celebrate successful efforts to engage students in civic learning and to identify successful models that can be replicated in other schools.
Civic Learning California Summit: Making Democracy Work
February 28, 2013: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakuaye, and a committee of civic leaders organized Civic Learning California Summit: Making Democracy Work to examine successes and barriers to increasing civic literacy in California. The event featured special guest Sandra Day O'Connor and launched the Chief Justice's "Your Constitution: The Power of Democracy" campaign. A video archive
of the event is also available.
