2025 Center for Education Policy Civic Summit

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MARIANNE PERIE (WESTED), MARTIN WEST (HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND MASS. BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION), MAX PAGE (MTA), ELIZABETH WOOD (SOUTH HADLEY HIGH SCHOOL), AND REBECCA WOODLAND (UMASS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION) PARTICIPATE IN THE CENTER FOR EDU

This summit aims to promote conversation and generate new ideas about socially important issues, exploring the essential question, “How should Massachusetts public schools prepare the next generation for civic engagement and responsibility?” 

Those interested in attending the event should register online. 

The summit is free and open to all; refreshments will be served. 

The summit will consist of two panels, one of adult experts and another of student leaders, each lasting approximately 20 minutes, followed by a 20-minute audience Q&A session. Attending experts include award-winning Civics teacher at East Hampton, Kelly Brown; Assistant Director of Humanities for the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Reuben Henriques; and former state senator and Director of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, Adam Hinds; among others. Student panelists include the Easthampton High School We the People Winner, Oliver Oparwoski; Luke Salvadore from Quabbin Regional High School; and student board members from the Center of Racial Justice at the UMass Amherst College of Education.