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How This Teacher Brings Census Data to Life in the Classroom

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Steve Kahlfeldt wants his students to grasp how the census impacts them right now, not in some far-off future. Kahlfeldt has touched on the census many times in his 15 years as a middle school social studies teacher at Winfield School District 34 (22 years total as an educator).

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Students Call for Hands-On Civic Education to Prepare Them for Democracy

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Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, doesn’t think the civics mandates will make students engaged. While Ta is too young to vote in this election, they are highly engaged in politics. Still, the path was winding and not limited to school. It also didn’t move them to get involved in their communities.

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