Supreme Court of the United States

Street Law’s Supreme Court professional development programs help classroom teachers expand and improve instruction about the Supreme Court of the United States. Through interactive lessons, reflective training, valuable experts, content-based instruction, and online support, the Institutes and Seminars help teachers strengthen their knowledge of the Supreme Court and equip them to use interactive lessons and methods in their classroom.

In the News

Helping Kids Help Themselves

December 24, 2007 In this edition of Justice Talking, Street Law's Save Our Streets program is featured and the impact of the Gault decision on juvenile justice over the last 40 years is examined. Read more

Raising the Bar in Your School

November 1, 2007 In schools across the country, students have the opportunity to be lawyers — questioning witnesses, making statements to the jury, cross-examining defendants. Read more

Small Schools in the Big City

September 1, 2007 In 2001, the New Century High School Initiative launched an unprecedented period of change in secondary schools across New York City. Today, the resulting 83 small schools in someof the city’s most underserved areas reveal important and encouraging lessons in education reform. Read more

High court just a 1-woman show

January 25, 2007 When Louisiana teacher Stephanie Goodrich began a session with her eighth-grade honors class on the Supreme Court this month, she showed them a picture of the nine justices. "They said, 'Could there be only one lady on the court?' " recalled Goodrich, who is in her 15th year teaching in the Alexandria, La., school district. Read more