Political Science Now
MARCH 19, 2025
University of Houston APSA Member since 2020 Ph.D. Samantha’s dissertation focuses on the impacts of urban immigrant inclusion policies on the participation and civic engagement of immigrant and minoritized communities. I ended up becoming an APSA member about a year later, in 2020. Meet Samantha Chapa, Ph.D.,
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
In 2020, California’s State Board of Education adopted criteria and guidance to award a State Seal of Civic Engagement to students who demonstrate excellence in civics education. In my 20 years as an educator, I have seen firsthand how service-learning engages students as they become leaders in their communities.
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Political Science Now
MAY 27, 2024
Logging in to Learn: The Effects of Online Civic Education Pedagogy on a Latinx and AAPI Civic Engagement Youth Conference By Matt Lamb , Texas Tech University Civic education is essential to the health of any democracy. When COVID-19 emerged in the spring of 2020, almost all civic education efforts went online.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 29, 2020
“Teaching about civic engagement only once in a while is like teaching someone how to swim without ever putting them in the water.” Heather Van Benthuysen, director, Chicago Public Schools Department of Social Science and Civic Engagement.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 3, 2020
This is why, now more than ever, it is so important that everyone complete the 2020 Census. High school students like me might not be interested in the 2020 Census. I became interested in the 2020 Census after a teacher at my high school introduced me to a social entrepreneurship program called LearnServe.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 20, 2021
This results in healthy children meeting developmental milestones, healthy parents with family-supporting jobs and vibrant and civically engaged families and communities. A consulting firm that helps organizations design and implement transformative projects, ICF, conducted the “Friends of the Children 2020 Caregiver Survey.”
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