News Release - March 7, 2024
New website has award application form, resources to connect judges with teachers, and information on the civic learning initiative.
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News Release - August 30, 2023
For the first time, California's civic education community hosts a monthlong celebration of the U.S. Constitution.
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Feature - September 19, 2023
After being sidelined by the pandemic, court-supported outreach programs rebound.
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Feature - September 6, 2024
A commemoration sponsored by the Chief Justice's Power of Democracy Civic Learning Initiative
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Feature - July 6, 2021
Isaac Farhadian's efforts to engage students in civics in-person and virtually at his former high school earned him a 2021 Champion of Civics award, co-sponsored by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.
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Feature - June 11, 2021
Meet Youth Organizer Gabriela Manzo, one of five Champions of Civics honored this year by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.
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Feature - October 1, 2024
On Monday, September 23, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero celebrated achievements in civics in a familiar place, the Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD). A year earlier, she visited Gilbert High School just six miles away with the same purpose, to present students and teachers the prestigious Civic Learning Award of Excellence. The award is the highest honor in civic learning in California and is presented annually by the Chief Justice and co-sponsor State Superintendent Tony Thurmond.
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Feature - October 29, 2019
The Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye's Civic Learning Initiative took center stage at the Annual California Lawyers Association in Monterey.
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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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News Release - September 22, 2020
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, state and federal judges, teachers and students celebrate the 223rd Anniversary of the Signing of the U.S. Constitution.
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Feature - April 15, 2024
On her way to the Glenn County Courthouse Dedication, the state's Chief Justice pays a visit to a local middle school.
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Feature - February 3, 2017
With an assist from the Chief Justice's initiative on civic learning, the California Department of Education has started rolling out a new history-social science framework that emphasizes civic education.