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Service-Learning Can Be the Bridge to Social Emotional Learning. Educators Should Embrace It.

ED Surge

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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Theme Panel: Civic Learning on Campus: Bringing Political Science In Mini-Conference I, II and III

Political Science Now

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.

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The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

Lomax hoped the young men would bring back audio documents for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. While I haven’t had time to process and filter into my teaching everything I was exposed to, some primary documents I learned about through MAHG have become essential texts.”

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OPINION: When wealthy parents hold sway in public schools

The Hechinger Report

This provoked an outcry among many of the parents, which we documented. They should also model thoughtful civic engagement that considers collective, rather than simply individual, benefits. At no point was there a suggestion, by parents or administrators, that the educational quality of one of the two high schools was worse.

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Building Relationships: Connecting and Reconnecting with Cultural Centers

C3 Teachers

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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Civil Conversation Protects Our Civil Rights

Teaching American History

Young citizens need civics education to understand their constitutionally guaranteed rights. The best civics teachers also help students learn the skills they need to protect their rights. Kymberli Wregglesworth, a 2016 MAHG graduate, teaches Civics, World history and social studies electives at Onaway High School in Michigan.

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OPINION: Kids show that they were engaged citizens long before the Parkland shooting

The Hechinger Report

These audiences were built under fire – literally – as the Parkland students documented their horror in real time on social media platforms (ironically provoking accusations of being planted professional actors even as they shocked and evoked compassion in others). Young people are responding, and they will not be silent.