Federal Judge Promotes Civics Education on Twitter

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Federal Judge Promotes Civics Education on Twitter
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She's launched the @CivicsFirst account on Twitter expressly for the purpose of creating community around civics education. She explained the initiative to Reuters:

"Social networking sites like Twitter bring people together from all over the world to discuss problems, formulate solutions, and generate powerful action. We are reaching out to teachers to create an online community around the topic of civics education, inspire students to connect with their elected officials, and persuade superintendents to incorporate model programs into their curriculum."

Judge Rendell plans to share free online resources for teachers and start a dialogue about how educators can achieve the goal of better including civics curricula into the classroom. It marks a unique commitment on behalf of the state to proactively use Twitter to explicitly promote education and create a community of teachers.

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