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Teaching ‘action civics’ engages kids — and ignites controversy

The Hechinger Report

Peyton’s testimony is an example of “action civics,” a growing, if controversial, trend in American education of which Massachusetts is the undisputed leader. They liken it to a laboratory in science class, where students learn civics by doing civics. Credit: Christopher Blanchette.

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Prioritize Your Professional Development This Year with These New Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

BB2C fosters student, business, and civic relationships to inspire career choice through experience, entrepreneurship, and education. NAGC’s mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research.

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Critics warn that well-meaning reforms may be lowering the quality of college

The Hechinger Report

Students work on an assignment in a high school civics class. a retired English teacher who blogs about education and is the Colorado coordinator of the Education Policy Fellowship Program. That’s depriving them of a big chunk of their educations, said Peter Huidekoper Jr.,