Click on a link to read the latest Bill of Rights Institute press releases.

• Juan Williams Announced as Master of Ceremonies for "Being an American" Essay Contest Awards Gala (November 17, 2008)

• The Bill of Rights Institute Welcomes 40 Outstanding Educators to The National Teacher Council (November 12, 2008)

• NBA Star Antawn Jamison Urges Students to Enter National "Being an American" Essay Contest (November 11, 2008)

• Contest Deadline Approaches for Local High School Students & Teachers to Participate in the “Being an American” Essay Competition Awarding Nearly $200,000 in Prize Money (October 22, 2008)

• Bill of Rights Institute Educated Students Achieve Higher Scores on Survey of Civic Knowledge (October 7, 2008)

• Teachers Win George Washington Prize from the Bill of Rights Institute
  (October 3, 2008)

• Washington Wizards All-Star Antawn Jamison Supports National "Being an American" Essay Contest
  (September 30, 2008)

• "Being an American" Essay Contest Opens to Students Nationwide (September 9, 2008)

• The Bill of Rights Institute Offers New Teacher and Student Resources for Constitution Day, September 17, 2008
  (August 1, 2008)

• Bill of Rights Institute Materials More Effective in Improving Student Knowledge, Study Finds (June 30, 2008)

• Bill of Rights Institute Hosts Prominent Legal Scholar and Recognizes Outstanding Kansas Students and Teachers in Wichita (April 25, 2008)

• Bill of Rights Institute to Host Community Lecture Featuring Jonathan Adler (April 10, 2008)

• The Bill of Rights Institute Award $63,000 to Students and Teachers, Launches Being an American Essay Contest Nationally
  (April 3, 2008)
  
  
• Area High School Students Face Dec. 3 Deadline in Annual Essay Competition
  (October 22, 2007)
  

• Local Teachers Win National History Award for Teaching
  (October 18, 2007)
  
  
• Local Teacher First-Place Winner of National History Award for Teaching
  (October 18, 2007)
  
  
• American Library Association Chooses Bill of Rights Institute as the MARS Best Free Reference Website of 2007  
  (October 15, 2007)
  
  
• Bill of Rights Institute Introduces New Book, Celebrate the Constitution  
  (September 24, 2007)
  
  
• The Bill of Rights Institute Offers New Teacher and Student Resources for Constitution Day
  (September 4, 2007)
  
  
• The Bill of Rights for Real Life Closes Gap Between Highest Acheiving Schools and Lowest
  (August 27, 2007)
  
  
• Bill of Rights Institute Releases New Curriculum, Supreme Court DBQs: Exploring the Cases that Changed History  
  (August 20, 2007)
  
  
• Being an American Essay Contest Expands to 19 States, District of Columbia
  (August 15, 2007)
  
  
• Kansas Teacher, Bill of Rights Institute to Testify in Support of Civic Education Program
  (March 14, 2007)
  
  
• Bill of Rights Institute Announces New Website for Students
  (January 30, 2007)
  
  
• New Edition of The Bill of Rights and You Curriculum Launched By The Bill of Rights Institute
  (January 23, 2007)
  
  
• Pop Culture or Civics? Is Tom Cruise’s Baby Really More Important than the Constitution?
  (June 15, 2006)
  
  
• New Curricula Explores First Amendment Freedoms and Americans Who Have Struggled to Defend, Preserve, and Expand Them
  (March 24, 2006)
  
  
• $935,000 Grant Awarded to Bill of Rights Institute for Being an American Project
  (January 20, 2006)
  
  
• Bill of Rights Institute Awarded NEH Grant to Hold Summer Workshops at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens
  (January 20, 2006)