Whittingham receives grant for summer institute

Dr. Jeff Whittingham, Department of Middle, Secondary Education and Instructional Technology, received a $40,000 grant to host a summer institute titled ?We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution.?

The summer institute will help elementary, middle and secondary school teachers to be better prepared to teach civic education in Arkansas classrooms.

The grant is being funded by the U.S. Department of Education through the Center for Civic Education.