2023 Civic Engagement Government 
TCI
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 This investment represented a tripling of funds dedicated to these subjects in 2023, with continued allocation in the 2024 federal budget. million to $23 million as grants available to states.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Right now, millions of students around the country are comfortably in their seats for the 2023-24 school year. 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. To reach every student in the U.S.,
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The Hechinger Report
MARCH 12, 2024
Related: Teaching ‘action civics’ engages kids – and ignites controversy Sanes is at the far end of the teaching spectrum when it comes to promoting climate activism, not to mention discussing controversial issues of any kind in his classroom.
Political Science Now
JULY 28, 2024
Deardorff , University of Tennessee Chattanooga Meet the Panelists Tavishi Bhasin is a Professor in the School of Government and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University, a large public university in Atlanta GA. She has co-edited the Palgrave Handbook of teaching and research in Political Science (2023). Verónica L.
Political Science Now
JULY 16, 2024
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.
Teaching American History
DECEMBER 5, 2023
The best civics teachers also help students learn the skills they need to protect their rights. They teach self-government as a cooperative activity. Pushing students to learn about local government, they teach habits of civil conversation about issues close to home. Civic engagement involves more than just showing up to vote.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 3, 2023
Other findings from the national exam, known as the Nation’s ‘Report Card,’ show that dedicated resources for teaching civics results in better student performance, but that those resources are sorely lacking: Only 49 percent of students who took the NAEP test said they have a class that is mainly focused on civics or U.S.
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