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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

“Who is the school board really representing? Are students of color getting represented appropriately and are decisions being made to support them and their learning?” Vida Mendoza, high school freshman, Oakland, California. Things … the government does affect us, but we can’t vote,” she said.

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Make the Citizenship Test the Best Part of Your Civics Class

Let's Cultivate Greatness

It seems like that’s precisely what’s happened now that the Citizenship Test is a high school graduation requirement in many states. Creating an Authentic Civics PBL The natural next question after “Can you pass the Citizenship Test?” is “Should you have to in order to graduate high school?” Now over a dozen do.

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OPINION: We did not need the Nation’s ‘Report Card’ to tell us we must invest in civic education

The Hechinger Report

Developed with input from more than 300 experts from across the viewpoint spectrum, the roadmap promotes a student-centric model of teaching that prioritizes inquiry and project-based learning. At the end of 2022, Congress grew the federal allocation for civic education from $7.75 million to $23 million.

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