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2005 Ron Paul Chapter 43
Not linked on Ron Paul’s Congressional website.
Congressional Record [.PDF]
Tribute To Fort Bend, ISD For Winning The Award For Best District-Wide Mock Student Election Program
27 April 2005
HON. RON PAUL
OF TEXAS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
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Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to congratulate the Fort Bend Independent
School District (ISD) for winning the award for
having the best district-wide mock student
election program in the nation from the American
Association of School Administrators and
the National Student/Parent Mock Election.
Fort Bend lSD’s program is an innovative educational
project combining resources from the
social studies, math, and education technology
departments to create an interactive website
containing election resources, an online voting
location, and a database of election results.
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Fort Bend students can use the database to study election results, create spreadsheets,
and draw conclusions about the election process.
The website also includes information for
parents, including a link to the county registrar’s
office for voter registration. Another
part of the program involved the county election
board deputizing teachers so the teachers
could register adults, including eligible high
school students, to vote in the 2004 election.
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Each school within the Fort Bend ISD individualized its mock election by having candidates
debate and the students decorate the
polling places. Students also studied potential
campaign strategies for the candidates they
supported. Student participation were very
strong, with over 40,000 votes cast.
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The curricula developed to analyze mock election results were made available to elementary,
middle and high school students. According
to the National Student/Parent Mock
Election, which evaluates similar curricula nationwide,
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Fort Bend lSD’s curricula was very strong. Particularly impressive was Fort Bend
lSD’s utilization of Microsoft Excel to analyze
and generate summaries of the election results.
Fort Bend lSD’s mock student election
project was an innovative use of technology
and community support to educate children
about the electoral process and thus prepare
them to be active, and informed, citizens. I am
proud to pay tribute to the teachers, administrators,
parents, and especially the students of
Fort Bend ISD for winning the award for the
best mock student election project in the nation
from the American Association of School
Administrators and the National Student/Parent
Mock Election.
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