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Street Law trains Montgomery County law teachers

Montgomery County Public Schools launches new law curriculum

Street Law trains Montgomery County law teachers

Street Law, Inc. recently partnered with the Montgomery County (MD) Bar Foundation to conduct a professional development institute for 25 of the county’s high school law teachers. 

The training emphasized the use of law-related education best practices; resource people—especially Montgomery County attorneys; interactive teaching strategies such as case studies, deliberations, and mock hearings; and new media and online resources.

Teachers also learned specifically how to teach and engage students in the study of the following:

  • purposes of law and how laws reflect values
  • principles of civil rights and civil liberties
  • how the Court has balanced the protection of individual rights and the power of legislators to establish laws based on majority rule
  • search and seizure law
  • the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, including how Miranda applies to juveniles
  • the juvenile justice system
  • immigration law, especially how the law treats people seeking asylum

The training also coincided with the launch of new law I and law II curriculum available from the Montgomery County Public Schools.  The course outlines can be viewed below.  Anyone interested in obtaining the entire curriculum ($25.00), can call: Ann Bedford at 301-279-3489 in MCPS’s Office of Curriculum and Instructional Programs.

Special thanks

This institute was made possible with funding and support provided by the U.S. Department of Education and their Teaching American History grant # U215X060034 to Montgomery County Public Schools. 

Special thanks to the Curriculum Office of Montgomery County Public Schools, the Montgomery County Bar Foundation, and Glencoe/McGraw-Hill for their roles in making this training a success. 

Customized professional development opportunities 

Street Law, Inc. can design and implement customized professional development events to meet the needs of your particular program or school.  Contact Lena Morreale Scott for more information.

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Topic: Civic & Law-Related Education

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