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In the News: Prizewinning JPDS-NC Voters’ Guide featured in Local Newspaper

March 24, 2017 by Kol HaBirah (Press)

Writing about JPDS-NC’s prizewinning schoolwide election project, the reporter observed: “The wealth of information, lessons learned, and skills developed were evident… the students indeed demonstrated a unique ability to discuss and respectfully provide nuanced perspectives on the issues. Perhaps even more impressive, they admitted on numerous occasions that the issues were very complex and that there may not be a right or wrong answer to each one of them… It is encouraging that tomorrow’s leaders are being developed in this fashion by JPDS-NC’s faculty.”

Kids’ Voices Count: the JPDS-NC Voters’ Guide, which recently won the Kohelet Prize for “Real-World Learning,” was featured in an article in Kol HaBirah Newspaper. Read the full article here >