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Broward Educators Propose New Curriculum in Response to Midterm Recounts

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As the recounts for governor, U.S. Senate and agriculture commissioner dominated the news here in Florida, educators in Broward County decided to try to make this a teachable moment for students. School Board members, teachers, and members of the PTA unveiled new draft curriculum during the recount that would reinforce the need to participate in our democracy and the voting process.

The draft curriculum content will focus on the basic democratic process, the role voting plays in sustaining our democracy, and efforts that take place to ensure that every vote is counted, and every voice is heard. We're joined Anna Fusco, President of the Broward Teachers Union.

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Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Mike Kiniry is producer of Gulf Coast Live, and co-creator and host of the WGCU podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music. He first joined the WGCU team in the summer of 2003 as an intern while studying Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University.