by Lindsey Galvao and Benjamin Klutsey First-time teachers and first-time voters gearing up for the 2024 election may have only ever been exposed to toxic polarization — […]
Tag: civics
Ben Franklin would vote ‘yes’ for ‘We the People’
by Andy McLeod The We the People competition has trained young Americans to know and engage in our democratic system for over 30 years. It has long […]
Teaching civics to students can also educate their parents
by Liam Julian Perhaps at no moment in recent American memory has a widespread understanding of civics been more crucial. Yet the portents are ominous. The latest […]
Modeling civic engagement for the next generation
You may have seen that in addition to reading and math scores, the Nation’s Report Card also noted a decrease in students’ history and civics scores. There’s […]
The lesson Floyd’s death should teach Fla. students
Two news items should give us pause about how we are teaching and learning civics. Item No. 1: American eighth graders’ civics scores have declined for the […]
Democracy dies when kids don’t know history, civics
The National Assessment of Educational Progress civics test scores for eighth graders for the first time have registered a decline while history scores continued their steep decline. […]
