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Article: Secretary Locke, Census Bureau Launch National 'Census in Schools' Initiative to Improve the 2010 Count.
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- Pediatrics Week
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- November 21, 2009
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With the 2010 Census less than five months away, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves today visited a Baltimore high school to help launch a new initiative to help local school districts educate young people about the U.S. Constitution and the importance of the census.
"We are thrilled to launch the Census in Schools program," Locke said at Digital Harbor High School in Baltimore. "The census is a vital part of our democracy and children have historically been undercounted. When local schools decide to include census ideas in their curriculum, kids will learn about the important role the census has played throughout ...