Ed Surge – Jen Reidel
“In my experience of over two decades teaching civics, law and U.S. history in a traditional public rural high school and now in a public alternative school, I have learned that the most effective strategies for providing an authentic civics learning experience are rooted in knowledge and require learners to simulate a real-life phenomenon. Students learn best when they study real ballot initiatives during an election year or work with journalism professors to write their own editorials for the local paper.” (more)