Category: Volusia County Schools

Report: Florida Ranks Low in Civic Engagement

By Mark Lane, Staff Writer

January 23, 2012 12:10 AM

When it comes to civic engagement, the kids aren’t all-right.

And they’re particularly not all-right in Florida.

“We stink,” former U.S. Rep. Lou Frey said last week.

That is a succinct summary of a report released by Frey’s organization, the Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at the University of Central Florida, along with the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida and the National Conference on Citizenship.

The 2011 Florida Civic Health Index focuses on civic involvement by “millennials,” people aged 18-29. By civic involvement, the report means everything from voting to working with neighbors on neighborhood problems.

Read the entire article at The Daytona Beach News-Journal→

Volusia Students First in State to Embark on Civics Program

By Linda Trimble, Education Writer

December 21, 2011 12:15 AM

DELAND — Illiteracy. Poverty. Beach driving.

Those are just a few of the issues some Volusia County teens may tackle in a two-year program to learn about their communities’ challenges and how citizens can help find solutions to them by working with local and state government leaders.

The 55 teens from DeLand, Mainland and Spruce Creek high schools are part of the Florida Civic Leadership Academy. Volusia is the first school district in the state to try out the program offered in partnership with the Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at the University of Central Florida.

Doug Dobson, executive director of the institute named for a former Florida congressman, hopes Volusia will become a model for the rest of the state.

Read the article at The Daytona Beach News-Journal→

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