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| Senator Moore participates in Congressional Conference on Civic Education |
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BOSTON, September 23, 2005 - Representatives of all fifty states will convene in Washington, D.C. this weekend for the Third Annual Congressional Conference on Civic Education. Senator Richard T. Moore (D-Uxbridge), who has played a leading role in the national campaign to restore the civic mission of schools, is one of five delegates from Massachusetts. Senator Moore, who will join the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court in judging student participants demonstrating the highly successful “We, The People – the Citizen and the Constitution, has attended all three Congressionally-sponsored conferences. Among the speakers participating in this year’s conference are former House Speaker Thomas Foley of Washington State, former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee, US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, and Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer. This week, the Massachusetts Legislature’s Committee on Education issued a favorable report on Senator Moore’s bill to establish a commission to develop a framework for restoring civic education in the Commonwealth’s schools and colleges. “When Horace Mann first conceived of public education, he believed that it should help to prepare citizens for an effective role in American democracy,” Senator Moore explained. “We need to re-energize that role if future generations of Americans are going to know how they can make a difference in public policies at the national, state, and local levels,” he added. More information on Senator Moore’s issues can be obtained by checking his web site at www.senatormoore.com. |
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