TCI

JANUARY 14, 2025

Engaging students in social studies goes beyond simply covering the material; its about helping them connect historical events to current issues and develop critical thinking skills. Research by the Collaborative for Student Success (2021) also highlighted that students using HQIM demonstrate increased civic engagement and awareness.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 19, 2025

Samantha’s dissertation focuses on the impacts of urban immigrant inclusion policies on the participation and civic engagement of immigrant and minoritized communities. The nonprofit also has a civic engagement team, which focuses on turning low-propensity voters out to the polls. That was in the fall of 2019.

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Political Science Now

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Join political scientists and practitioners for a single-day workshop, Connecting Community and Classroom: Practical Considerations for Civically-Engaged Practitioners and Scholars , on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at APSA’s headquarters in Washington, DC.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As the frequency of severe weather events increases and the Earth’s temperature inches upward, emotions have intensified for a lot of students in the United States and it turns out that many keep their concerns about living on a warming planet to themselves.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 22, 2025

Join APSAs Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for the third event of their professional development workshop series! She also helped to create, implement, and now teaches in the Bachelors of Applied Science in Sustainable Practices degree at Cascadia.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 14, 2025

These pilot experiences were invaluable we observed firsthand how students engaged in compelling questions, analyzed primary sources, and developed their own interpretations of historical events. It allows students to ask hard questions, engage in civil discourse, and explore history and social issues with depth and nuance.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

MAY 31, 2024

Teaching civics and government is different from teaching history—it really requires a different set of go-to lesson ideas and projects. So, if you are brand new to the subject and need to know everything about how to teach civics, or you’re struggling to find ways to go beyond the textbook, welcome!

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The programs vary widely, giving students the opportunity to do things like design new products with digital tools or use software to study music theory or produce videos about community events. While digital technology has become ubiquitous in most communities, there is a hierarchy in how it is used for learning.

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In the face of Georgia’s HB 1084 Protect Students First Act, often referred to as the “divisive concepts” act, many teachers are being told to avoid teaching about race, gender, class, climate change, and other topics. The event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Association of Educators. Educators will not hide in the shadows!

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Museum Civic Engagement Civics History 111

Political Science Now

JULY 28, 2024

Event: Facilitating Respectful Conversations in the Political Science Classroom Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2024 Time: 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PT Registration: Register here (registration is free) Respectful political dialogue between engaged citizens is a cornerstone characteristic of a healthy democracy.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Why don’t people who live there, teach there? And of the positions that were filled, many were staffed by people who do not have traditional training or are not considered qualified to work in the subject area they are teaching. It’s hard to convince outsiders to come teach in places like Campo. The pay is low.

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World History Civic Engagement High School Elementary School 141

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

In a system that all too often doesn’t solicit our input on anything beyond planning social events and fundraisers, too many of us become either oblivious or callous about the very concept of civic engagement. Teaching school governance as part of a regular civics curriculum can bridge a knowledge gap.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 2, 2024

election presents educators across the United States with the opportunity to help their students engage in the democratic system. Why is it essential to teach democratic citizenship and civic engagement? Bliss Institute of Applied Politics The event is open to the public, but registration is required. The 2024 U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

. There is a widespread view in education that poor parents are trouble: They don’t spend enough time reading to children, monitoring their homework, attending school events or helping teachers. They should also model thoughtful civic engagement that considers collective, rather than simply individual, benefits.

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Public School Sociology Civic Engagement Economics 108

Political Science Now

APRIL 9, 2025

Our in-person events are held on the Wednesday prior to the APSA Annual Meeting. There is currently a concerted effort at the local, state, and federal levels of government to undermine, discredit, and discourage those tasked with teaching and studying black politics. APSA sponsors in-person and virtual dissertation workshops annually.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 6, 2024

Educators can gain and provide insight and inspiration, sharing the latest effective teaching practices and innovations, and joining in shared civic learning opportunities throughout the week. It’s an opportunity to show your support of civic education both inside the classroom and within our communities, for students and adults alike.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and other community stakeholders (including families, local government, and nonprofits) to support innovative teaching and learning in their region. But those networks never cross over.

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

Murray, Weber State University (Presenter) Allison Rank, SUNY, Oswego State Session Description: Democratic erosion in the United States—rendered vivid in the events of January 6, 2021—as well as the global decline of democratic regimes should push us to reflect on how we introduce politics to students.

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Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

While some of these lessons are pretty easy to modify from semester to semester (there will always be debates over immigration, the connections may just be different), sometimes a major event requires the creation of a new lesson. My class spans the eras from Reconstruction through the Great Depression.

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Political Science Now

JUNE 3, 2024

Event: Engaging the 2024 U.S. Dr. Julia Azari ’s research and teaching interests include the American presidency, American political parties, political communication, and American political development. The 2024 U.S. election presents an opportunity to better understand American democracy. How should we interpret the U.S.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 16, 2024

Political Cartoons Find a few cartoons covering hyper-relevant current political events or more enduring themes about government to hook them into why being an informed and engaged citizen is essential. I hope these ideas give you a great start to your Civics class!

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ED Surge

JUNE 17, 2022

We do this first by equipping our educators with the resources they need to effectively teach our students our hardest historical lessons, including George Floyd’s death and the history that envelops it. Facing History encourages educators to reflect on what events mean to them before they begin a dialogue with their students.

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MPSA

MARCH 30, 2022

In the book, Graham argued that since retirement, he has concluded that the best hope for the renewal of American democracy lies in teaching a new cadre of involved, interested citizens who begin their journeys of civic activism by making change at the local level. I was deeply involved in this process. Others were not so sure.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

AUGUST 24, 2023

The main principles of the US Constitution can be tricky to teach for a few reasons. First, you’re introducing them at the beginning of your Civics class before diving into the Constitution’s actual text. That’s why I wanted to share my l esson sequence for teaching the principles of the Constitution in my senior Civics class.

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Political Science Now

JUNE 5, 2024

While that inspired my initial membership, I re-joined APSA when I began seeking full time academic employment, networking opportunities, and teaching resources. My primary role, as a community college faculty member, is to teach, and I wear that as a badge of honor. My biggest accomplishment is the success of my students.

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Political Science Now

MAY 12, 2025

APSAs teaching and learning symposia provide a workshop environment where scholar-educators with similar goals can come together to share their own practices and research related to teaching and create new teaching resources for their courses. Led by Michelle D.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Hitting a child doesn’t speak well about the quality of teaching in a school. It does say that schools will consider and include punishment as an effective means of teaching. Policies dedicated for youth without their input on the front end miss a core perspective and the supposed purpose for the policy change.

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ED Surge

MAY 7, 2025

But as history is about to take center stage in 2026 for 250th anniversary celebrations of the nations founding, there are growing signs that the work of teaching about the countrys past has become harder than ever. According to the report, American Lesson Plan: Teaching U.S. How do you teach the truth when the truth is all relative?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

These are days that educators say shape their careers and classrooms — and experts say include increasingly crucial conversations as historic national events become more frequent and polarizing. September 11 was Caroline Patrie’s first day teaching. All teaching is political. Marie Hydukovich, teacher, Minnesota. Related: A U.S.

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Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

College Student Political Participation in the Context of a Polarized Nation and an International Pandemic: Do Campus Civic Engagement Efforts Matter? A cultivated campus voting culture from 2016 onward, driven by campus resources devoted to events, voter education, and outreach, also factored.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2018

Your expectation that our members and the children that they teach endure bursting boilers, drafty windows, frigid temperatures in classrooms, and risk getting sick in these ‘less than ideal’ conditions, is utterly ridiculous,” wrote English in a letter to addressed to Santelises.

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