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Teaching ‘action civics’ engages kids — and ignites controversy

The Hechinger Report

The New Civics threatens to replace traditional civics education with Neo-Marxist ‘social justice’ propaganda, vocational training for left-wing activism, and Alinsky-style community organizing techniques,” the head of the association, Peter Wood, wrote in a blog announcing the coalition.

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

Political Science Now

A tenured Professor at the College of Southern Nevada, Professor Levy teaches courses in American Politics and Government, American Public Policy, Political Philosophy, Social Justice Movements, Minority Politics and Women in Politics. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Education as a HACU National Internship Fellow.

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Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice

The Hechinger Report

That’s because few funders are serious about social justice. What makes an organization serious about social justice? One of the planks of NCPR’s framework is to increase the number of serious social justice funders. “A There are other ways to see if a foundation is serious about social justice.