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Article: It's back to class for Justice Teaching volunteers.
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- Florida Bar News
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- October 15, 2008
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Thanks to the efforts of Florida Supreme Court Justice Fred Lewis and an ever-growing list of volunteers, we already know that the Justice Teaching K-12 civics education program is going like gangbusters.
Since its initial inception two years ago as a statewide program, Lewis' pet project designed to provide interactive constitutional education to all Florida school children boasts 3,451 volunteers in over 3,100 sites representing nearly 99 percent of Florida schools. Thirty-four of Florida's 67 counties are completely saturated with Justice Teaching volunteers--meaning they have at least one volunteer currently serving every ...