Teachers Attend Civics Program

Chipola College was the host site for a DOE Civics Education Program for area teachers on July 22. Some 70 middle school teachers from the Panhandle attended the event to learn about Gov. Desantis’s new Civics Education initiative. Speakers at the program are pictured (from left): Mike DiPierro-Director of Standards, Florida Department of Education; Rachel Davison Humphries, Director of Outreach, Bill of Rights Institute; Chris Spinale, Civics Instructional Specialist, Lou Frey Institute (UCF) for the Florida Joint Center for Citizenship; and Dr. Danton Kostandarithes, Bolles School (Jacksonville) for the Jack Miller Center.