Denise Sautters Posted: 08/24/2011 10:57 AM CantonRep.com Hartford Middle School was given an ultimatum last school year — shape up or be closed. Its task: Raise student achievement in one year or face the consequences. In its eighth year of school improvement and rated in...
BY ROBERT HOLLAND AND DON SOIFER Published: July 1, 2011 Modified: June 30, 2011 at 3:57 pm The waning of U.S. history and civics as subjects taught in public schools has received little attention in education reform debates of recent years. But national report cards...
By Editorial, Published: June 17 http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/making-history-and-civics-a-priority/2011/06/17/AGb1tYZH_story.html U.S. youths score lowest on U.S. history among all disciplines, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress survey released last week. A distressing 2 percent of high school seniors knew what Brown v. Board of Education was about. Civic...
Published: May 09, 2011 EDITORIAL- http://nytimes.com/ The Department of Education’s latest assessment of what young Americans know about civics shows that the light of democracy burns steadily in schools, if too dimly.The test was given last year to 27,000 children in the 4th, 8th and...
NYS Senator Eric Adams hosted the Youth Civic Leadership Academy in Albany on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in a hands-on effort to teach civic participation and promote involvement in social and government services.
By Ed Balint CantonRep.com staff writer Posted Mar 15, 2010 @ 10:09 PM Last update Mar 16, 2010 @ 12:03 AM CANTON — Four students from Hartford Middle School implored City Council to proceed with plans for a water recreation project in southeast Canton. The...
A group of Stark County students were recognized Wednesday night for their participation in a civil leadership conference in New York. U.S. Rep. John Boccieri, D-Alliance, was among the speakers at a reception to recognize the group’s effort. Boccieri presented the group, mostly Canton City...
Museum's new youth civics program brings history to life http://t.co/ZwPPAgyY - posted on 21/05/2012 02:35:19GW Bridge from Riverbank State Park-Harlem, NY http://t.co/40tvZIhv - posted on 20/05/2012 09:42:15