4th and 5th grade students got to ask Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro about gun violence, problems facing schools, his priorities, and other issues at a Youth Town Hall hosted by the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement in partnership with the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
If there were a 28th Amendment to the Constitution, what should it be? The Rendell Center asked 4th and 5th grade students to weigh in.
The Rendell Center conducted its annual Constitutional Scholars Summer Teachers Institute in partnership with APPC for 29 teachers, focusing on the Bill of Rights.
The Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement, in partnership with APPC, is hosting a two-session webinar for teachers on the Supreme Court and judicial independence.
The Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement has started a podcast series in which Judge Marjorie O. Rendell discusses cases and issues with other judges.
In its sixth annual Citizenship Challenge, the Rendell Center asked fourth and fifth graders which Amendment in the Bill of Rights was most important and impactful.
What is a "fair and impartial judiciary" and why is it so important today? Judges and scholars including Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy met to explore this at a symposium sponsored by the Rendell Center and APPC.
According to the latest Annenberg Civics Knowledge Survey, 68% of Americans trust the Supreme Court to operate in the best interests of the American people, while 70% say that that court has “about the right amount of power.”
Teachers from 20 states gathered in Philadelphia to discuss the First Amendment at a summer institute sponsored by the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement.
For this year's Citizenship Challenge essay competition, the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Education asked 4th and 5th grade students in Philadelphia why the First Amendment was important to them