Inside the US Senate Chamber, a group of people were poised to take their seats behind gleaming brown desks and discuss environmental policy. But they weren’t top government officials, they were students from a high school in Rhode Island, and they were ready to “debate” the Green New Deal bill inside a life-size replica of the Senate Chamber housed at the Edward M. Kennedy
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Civics Education Drive: Edward M. Kennedy Institute Offers Online Classes to 10,000 Students This Semester
January 15, 2021 GMT
BOSTON (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 15, 2021
Responding to calls from across the nation for increased and improved civics education, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate is offering slots for 10,000 students and their teachers to participate this winter and spring in virtual, interactive classes led by Institute staff and focusing on major current political issues.
Highly trained, non-partisan instructors from the Institute, presenting both Democratic and Republican viewpoints, lead classes focusing on issues such as voting rights, the Green New Deal, the Electoral College, mandatory minimum sentencing, and the confirmation of new Cabinet members. Through the Institute’s “Virtual Today’s Vote,” students can also participate by videoconfe