Published on Show Me Mizzou Dec. 17, 2025

What better time than the 250th anniversary of the country’s birth to remind Missouri schoolchildren what the nation’s foundational document means? That’s the thinking behind the A250 Grant, a three-year, $2.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Education to help the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy bolster constitutional education throughout the state.  

“It’s about engaging with Missouri teachers and helping them promote historical awareness of the Constitution and the country’s founding,” says Jay Sexton, professor of history and Kinder Institute director. “We have experts at Kinder who have worked on this their whole career. We’ll make them available to help teachers improve their lesson plans and improve our country’s civic health.” 

This story originally appeared on Show Me Mizzou. 
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