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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. In 2012, it became the first U.S.

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2024 U.S. Election Webinar Series: Facilitating Respectful Conversations in the Political Science Classroom

Political Science Now

Reyna is an Associate Director for the Center for Civic Leadership and oversees its Houston Civic Projects, including civically-engaged and community-based research opportunities with faculty and graduate student mentors, community partners, and undergraduate participants.

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Call for Proposals: Teaching Introduction to American Politics in Times of Uncertainty | Deadline: June 8, 2025

Political Science Now

Before coming to UTC in 2013, Deardorff spent a decade teaching at Jackson State, a historic black university in Mississippi, and another 12 years at Millikin University, a small private college in Illinois. Allison Rank i s the inaugural Director of the Center for Civic Education at the University of Northern Iowa.