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Feature - April 29, 2016
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye has selected Administrative Presiding Justice Judith D. McConnell for the Chief Justice's Award for Exemplary Service and Leadership for her outstanding work in civics.
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Feature - April 15, 2016
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye recently visited three schools earning a Civic Learning Award of Excellence—the highest honor —this year: Kumeyaay Elementary in San Diego County, Bellflower High School in Los Angeles County, and Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Charter in Sacramento County.
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Feature - July 15, 2019
Recent high school graduate and member of the Chief Justice's Power of Democracy committee shares her experience as a student engaged in advanced civic learning.
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Feature - June 11, 2019
A record 92 public schools throughout California were recognized by the Civic Learning Awards. Now in it's seventh year, the awards recognize public schools for their civic education achievements.
Feature - September 12, 2018
A group of five recent graduates share how their civic engagement at a young age prepared them for their next steps in life. All have been involved in youth courts, youth government, and other civic education programs.
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Feature - May 31, 2018
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye is joined by jurists and from local and appellate courts to make the 2018 Civic Learning Awards program a statewide success.
Feature - May 14, 2018
The Constitutional promise of being tried by a “jury of your peers” is taken to the extreme in peer courts, an alternative approach to the traditional juvenile justice system where teens judge other teens.
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News Release - February 21, 2018
Over 70 California public schools from throughout the state also honored by this year’s Civic Learning Awards, co-sponsored by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye.
News Release - September 21, 2017
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye was the keynote speaker at a Constitution Day event held at the U.S. District Court in Sacramento.
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News Release - February 28, 2019
California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye announced today the recipients of the 2018-2019 Civic Learning Awards to 92 schools, the most award recipients in the program’s history.
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News Release - February 7, 2019
School leaders from across the state learned about the Chief Justice's Civic Learning initiative at a major education Symposium on January 31 in Monterey.
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News Release - December 13, 2018
When Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye started her Civic Learning Initiative in 2013, she discovered that little time was devoted to teaching civics in California K-12 public schools, with no plans to bring it back.
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