This blog will focus on the unique government that is emerging at Constitution High School. CHS is a small school dedicated to the study of history, government, and civics. We are in our second year of operation with a freshman and sophomore class totaling about 200 students as of now and will grow to about 400. Located in the center of historic Philadelphia, one of my main goals as a social studies instructor is to access the historic and civic resources in the area to create an attitude that the city is our campus as well as set up a system of government within the school that truly empowers students to utilize civic knowledge, democratic deliberation models, and historical examples to create government leaders. Using the resources of our partners such as the National Constitution Center, Gilder-Lehrman Institue of American Studies, and the law firm of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews, & Ingersoll LLP, we will create a model for student government and course studies that could be replicated around the country.
This ambitious goal of education praxis will combine the theories of experiential and authentic learning with practical experience from teachers, administrators, and students. This blog will be used to further this cause by recording important events and reflections that have occured and the status of current and future programs and plans by those involved.
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this entire court case was cool because it was the first, but dr.davidson was pissing me off during the case because he was interupting the defendents with his little comments on the side.I really wish i was a judge
I feel as though Todd should be president because he had the best speech. He made careless mistakes but people do change. Out of all the speeches, Todd's was the best and he was saying what I wanted to hear. I think that Todd could make a change in our school government because he is strong and very intelligent. Don't hate on Todd because he is decent, Dr. Davidson drawlin. But anyway I want Todd to be president !!!!!!
That was the ms bias thing I've ever heard and I feel that Ms.McMillan made an error and I don't think that Todd should be punished for her error. I also think that Todd can run this school ina very orderly fashion and change alot of the things that are wrong in this school. I also think that the only reason this happened because of the teachers being spiteful I also hope that Todd gets the JUSTICE that he desires.
-Tiana aka Cookie was here=)
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