Political Science Now

APRIL 2, 2024

election presents educators across the United States with the opportunity to help their students engage in the democratic system. Why is it essential to teach democratic citizenship and civic engagement? Election Webinar Series: Preparing Students for the 2024 Election: Campus Engagement and Civic Education appeared first on.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2020

The Class of 2020 is graduating from a distance. This means that students living in online “education deserts,” who already face significant barriers to success, are being locked out of the postsecondary education that is so important to so many individuals’ prospects for future prosperity and civic engagement.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

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. Diane Bennett and her son sit in front Moffat House at Misericordia University in Dallas, PA on September 27, 2020.

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Political Science Now

JULY 28, 2024

How can political science educators scaffold productive civic dialogue on contentious political issues? She was recognized as the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Endowed Professor for 2017 – 2020. She also leads the RiceVotes Collective and teaches the Capstone course for the Certificate in Civic Leadership students.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Many cultural centers curate history, geography, and civic exhibits that connect the past with the present. maps, household objects, and the like) that can make lessons more engaging and impactful. In addition, the civic summit afforded me professional learning and the opportunity to collaborate with UGRR educational specialists.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

has a population of just 103 people, but civic engagement is high, including intense public support for its tiny school district. Unlike some other states, Colorado has many small rural districts (111 had fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2020) because state lawmakers haven’t forced consolidations that could save money.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This year is anything but usual, of course, and the pandemic’s ramifications for in-person civic engagement could make voting harder for young people than it already was. Aiyana Edwards, student and voter-drive organizer, Spelman College.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

AUGUST 24, 2023

First, you’re introducing them at the beginning of your Civics class before diving into the Constitution’s actual text. That’s why I wanted to share my l esson sequence for teaching the principles of the Constitution in my senior Civics class. The main principles of the US Constitution can be tricky to teach for a few reasons.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

They fanned out across historically undercounted communities like Harlem and reported on the 2020 census. This model of teaching could be used in a range of disciplines beyond journalism, at both high school and college, to engage students in complex issues and disciplines. Still, we were taking a risk.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Ford Foundation went on to fund her subsequent Mobilization, Change and Political and Civic Engagement Project. Cohen is the recipient of numerous awards, including being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, being named a 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, receiving the 2021 Hanes Walton, Jr.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

March 14, 2020. A protester holds a sign during a protest over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. After Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police while asleep in her Louisville apartment on March 13 2020, Cox, the Washington D.C. Credit: AP Photo/Darron Cummings.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In 2015, NYC Service , a city agency focused on increasing volunteerism and civic engagement, announced the goal of engaging 30,000 youth ages 14-21 on new youth leadership councils working in policy and practice or service by 2020.” Some are taking steps to give youth some decision making power in institutions. “In

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

For politically oriented students, such campus organizations can be crucial parts of their college experience, said Amy Binder, a professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University’s SNF Agora Institute, which is dedicated to furthering civic engagement and informed dialogue.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2024

I voted for Joe Biden in 2020, and I voted for Democrats in the midterms. But I vote for them because I dislike the Republicans more, is really how I feel about it. Especially being in Ohio, the policies the Republicans are pushing.

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Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

College Student Political Participation in the Context of a Polarized Nation and an International Pandemic: Do Campus Civic Engagement Efforts Matter? Howell , University of Mount Union The many voting methods in the 2020 Presidential election increased voting rates across the board, including among college students.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In 2020, teaching about the presidential election feels more like teaching about the Second Amendment or the abortion rights debate. It’s time we looked at the 2020 presidential race not as one that is too contentious to touch, but rather as an exercise in how to teach controversial issues. Because this is a teachable moment.

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