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CEDAR FALLS — A year after the University of Northern Iowa established its new Center for Civic Education in response to directives from the Board of Regents and lawmakers, the center this week landed a $1.22 million American History and Civics Education-Seminars grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

That money will support the new center’s creation of a new “Iowa Civic Educators Institute” aimed at strengthening civic education across the state — not just at UNI.

“The Iowa Civic Educators Institute is an opportunity to provide content-rich professional development to Iowa's current and future teachers that will strengthen civic learning for students across Iowa,” UNI Center for C

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