The 2022 Project Citizen Research Program (PCRP) National Showcase highlighted excellent student public policy projects from schools across the country. The projects were created by classes that took part in the PCRP, a national research project funded through a U.S. Department of Education grant to study the efficacy of the Project Citizen curricular program and teacher professional development. Students tackled topics important to their schools and communities, such as preserving the local tree canopy, decorating graduation caps, needing a school holiday for Eid-al-Fitr, supporting teen mental health, and enacting prison reform. Each region in the PCRP submitted three class portfolios to the national showcase.
The 2022 PCRP National Showcase results and rankings are shown by region below. Congratulations to all classes who participated in the PCRP in the 2021-2022 school year!
Region 1: Western States
Recycling, Christensen Middle School, California - Exceptional
Attendance Dilemma, Toppenish High School, Washington State - Exceptional
Graduation Caps, Toppenish High School, Washington State - Exceptional
Region 2: Mountain/Plains States
Project Citizen Parking, Abilene High School, Kansas - Superior
Teen Mental Health, Mary Our Queen School, Nebraska - Outstanding
Pollution, West Central Middle School, South Dakota - Honorable Mention
Region 3: Central States
Prison Reform, The Chicago Academy of the Arts, Illinois - Exceptional
Drug Abuse, Rock Hill High School, Ohio - Superior
Sewage in Four Pole Creek, Huntington Middle School, West Virginia - Outstanding
Region 4: Southeastern States
Protecting Our Earth’s Natural Resources, Benndale Elementary School, Mississippi - Superior
It's a Food Fight! Transforming School Lunches One Change at a Time, East Amory Elementary School, Mississippi - Honorable Mention
Protecting Charlotte’s Tree Canopy, Pioneer Springs Community School, North Carolina - Exceptional
Region 5: Northeastern States
Eid-al-Fitr, Park City Magnet School, Connecticut - Superior
School Newsletter, Dexter Southfield, Massachusetts - Exceptional
Adulting 101 Class, Leominster High School, Massachusetts - Superior
