C3 Teachers

MARCH 14, 2025

Teachers engaged in collaborative curriculum writing, developing inquiries that were grounded in our students lived experiences while aligning with state standards. Teachers grew as facilitators of inquiry, fostering discussions, debates, and deep analytical thinking** among students. IDM does just that.

Social Studies 40

Social Studies Public School Primary Sources Civic Engagement 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2018

In short, they are demonstrating what real civic engagement looks like. Yet how do our schools prepare them for these actions when the civics topics they learn in school do not include logical and critical thinking about how government systems work, and how public engagement in the processes can create the change they hope to see?

Civics 95

Civics Civic Engagement Government High School 95

ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2022

Enrollment marketers piggybacked on the traditional practice from our colleagues in admissions of buying lists of names of students who have taken the ACT and SAT. We’ve aligned ourselves with a partner that is in direct opposition to the values higher education claims to hold dear: truth, curiosity, democracy, critical thinking and debate.

Civic Engagement 121

Civic Engagement Civics Critical Thinking Economics 121

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

At Bishop Seabury, a small independent school in the Episcopal tradition, high school students take two or more of Czarnecki’s courses. Now she sees herself preparing students for lives of civic engagement. Then she muses, “More graduate students should submit their research papers, because you never know.”

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98