Study finds disparity in civics classes (AP)

Ariel Williams sits in her government classroom at the North Lawndale College Prep Charter High School on Chicago's impoverished West Side, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. Williams has lobbied her state lawmakers to increase education funding and with other students traveled to Iowa in December to campaign for presidential candidates. Now she says she can't wait to vote in November's election. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Her neighborhood, with its police cameras and abandoned buildings, isn’t known for inspiring hope. Yet, 18-year-old Ariel Williams feels empowered.

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