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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. Related: Making America whole again via civics education.

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OPINION: Kicking civics out of class and taking it to the streets

The Hechinger Report

August 15, 2018 — The first day of school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. School systems are failing their students with outdated and inconsequential civics education that is only focused on facts and memorization. Related: COLUMN: Marjory Stoneman Douglas students give legislators a civics lesson.

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STUDENT VOICE: ‘Sometimes my voice alone wasn’t enough’

The Hechinger Report

This was the launch of my civics engagement. Related: Making America whole again via civics education. People around the country talk a lot about the importance of civics education, how youth are the future and how we can effect change to create a stable and improved country. About voting? Related: Go vote.

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OPINION: The biggest danger to U.S. higher education? Losing 20 years’ worth of gains in access for first-generation and minority students

The Hechinger Report

If you look at data from the National Center for Education Statistics, you can see steady gains made between 2000 and 2018. In 2018, the median annual earnings of bachelor’s degree recipients with no advanced degree who were working full-time were $24,900 higher than those with only a high-school diploma. What needs to happen?

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Beyond the Classroom: Building Faculty Capacity for Success: Virtual Workshop

Political Science Now

She was granted tenure in 2010 and promoted to Senior II Tenured Faculty in 2018. Her academic interests include American Government institutions and voting behavior, State and Local Government, Women and Politics as well as issues around citizenship, civic education, and political science education and pedagogy.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

ED Surge

This lesson required spatial reasoning skills, which engage the parts of the brain most closely associated with mathematical thinking. They offer an invitation to analyze how mathematics can be applied to promote civic engagement, advocacy, policy change and increased access to resources.

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Theme Panel: Civic Learning on Campus: Bringing Political Science In Mini-Conference I, II and III

Political Science Now

This roundtable will focus on Balasco, Forestal, and Abernathy’s Engaging Citizenship, a forthcoming introduction to politics textbook (Oxford University Press 2025). political system within a global context, and 3) to engage with the political process as educated and empowered citizens.