Ivy Tech, Oakland High students to showcase public policy issues
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Students at Ivy Tech and Oakland High School will present solutions to public policy issues during a Project Citizen Showcase on Dec. 6.
The showcase, which is free and open to the public, will be 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Purdue University's Stewart Center, Room 214.
The local Project Citizen was initiated by the College of Education's James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship.
Project Citizen was developed by the Center for Civic Education, a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation, and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. It promotes participation in local and state government.
As part of the program, groups of students identify a public policy problem in their community, gather and evaluate information about the problem, examine potential solutions, select a solution, and develop an action plan for implementing the solution.
The public policy issues tackled by the 14 Ivy Tech and 10 Oakland High students are DREAM Act, abuse of power, awareness of the use of technology and child care for teen moms.
During the showcase, each team of students will present its proposal and action plan for solving the issue through public policy.
Writer: Judith Barra Austin, 765-494-2432, jbaustin@purdue.edu
Source: Asta Balkute, Ackerman Center assistant director, 765-496-3335, abalkute@purdue.edu