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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. Andrew Brennen, National Geographic education fellow.

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Most School Districts Still Lack Data-Privacy Personnel

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For example: Baltimore County Public Schools created the position of director of innovation and digital safety, its closest equivalent, around 2016. Unlike mythical unicorns, though, some of these school privacy officers actually exist. That was a signal from the highest levels of leadership saying that this is important, Corns says.

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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

The Hechinger Report

studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. They created multicolored posters to explain what different departments of local government do, from sanitation to human resources. When a classroom of second graders in Waterford, Mich.,

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OPINION: Post-pandemic, our schools and communities can and must do more to support one another

The Hechinger Report

This was achieved in Austin, Texas, after the city created its Equity Office in 2016. Instead, city and school governments should work together and leverage funding to foster greater school and community improvement. It means giving community members a meaningful voice at the table and prioritizing their deep engagement.

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Civics U: Immigration

Civics U

Immigration and immigration reform have been issues in past American history, and are still issues in American government and politics. WHAT MAKES A NATION A nation normally has these characteristics: a population; a government with sovereignty in relation to other nations and authorities; and a territory defined by land mass and boundaries.

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Making positive educational moves during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

So Joffe created eLearn.fyi , a database of more than 300 online learning tools, including a civics curriculum founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and engineering lessons on how to build a robotic arm. A Tufts University report found that between the 2012 and 2016 elections, voting turnout increased by 5.5

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Racial diversity as a financial necessity at state universities

The Hechinger Report

Stewart Lockett (right, grey shirt) leads a meeting of the student government executive team in late January. His team is the most diverse student government the university has ever had. He dug through the bottom drawer and pulled out a student government flyer from five years earlier. Percentage point change, 2015–2016.

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