Summer Institute

This July 12-16, the McCormick Freedom Project presents its second First Amendment Summer Institute, a weeklong course focusing on the five freedoms - religion, speech, press, assembly and petition - with a specific focus on their application in school settings. Topics will include the free exercise of religion in a classroom, students' free speech rights when engaging in off-campus acts of expression, and a principal's rights in exercising prior review over student newspaper content.
Middle and high school teachers will learn from experts in the field including Charles Haynes, senior scholar at the First Amendment Center and Barbara Jones, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom. Participants will also explore related lesson plans and tour the soon-to-launch Freedom Express mobile museum. Continental breakfast and lunch are provided each day of the institute, which will be held in Wheaton, Illinois.

Participants may enroll in the course to earn 3 college credits for a fee of $300. Otherwise, participants can instead earn 35 CPDUS/7 CEUs at no charge.

Click here to view the preliminary Institute agenda.
Click here to register today.

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