ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2018

This was the launch of my civics engagement. Related: Making America whole again via civics education. People around the country talk a lot about the importance of civics education, how youth are the future and how we can effect change to create a stable and improved country.

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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. Related: Inside the oil industry’s not-so-subtle push into K-12 education.

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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?

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

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 Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Re-6, its official name, where there were 46 students in grades K-12 last year, there hasn’t been a math teacher who is “comfortable” teaching beyond algebra I for nearly six years, Johnson said. . has a population of just 103 people, but civic engagement is high, including intense public support for its tiny school district.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Supporting youth empowerment is one of the top purposes Chicago programs cited for digital media technology tools, along with supporting youth expression, building 21 st -century and lifelong skills, and fostering civic engagement.

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MAY 3, 2020

LearnServe helps students create “social ventures,” which are projects that benefit our neighborhoods and schools by tackling issues like poverty, discrimination, climate change and civic engagement. Through this program, I’ve been able to create a plan to address the lack of resources in underfunded school systems.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

The February 14 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, gave new life to student activism, prompting a level of civic engagement among students that many had never considered. Subscribe today!

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JUNE 24, 2018

Another agitated mother worried, “How am I going to tell my 12-year-old?”. They should also model thoughtful civic engagement that considers collective, rather than simply individual, benefits. Groups of mothers gathered together, and one was crying as she said, “It is not fair.” Her friend told her, “We will fight it!”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2019

The process, known as participatory budgeting, was meant to ignite student interest in democracy and civic engagement. For weeks, the momentum favored the greenhouse project.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

“There’s a good argument to be made for a standard curriculum, though, especially if your goal is a civic citizenship, and children being able to get a job when they finish: If you want everyone to have basic numeracy and civic engagement.”. Most personalized learning advocates wouldn’t disagree.

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MAY 3, 2023

As the nation nears its 250th birthday, the release of the NAEP scores should serve as a clarion call to commit to providing each and every student in our country with the kind of high-quality civic education necessary for informed, effective and lifelong civic engagement. million to $23 million.

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TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The findings revealed significant gaps in state standards for civics and U.S. Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 The current state of social studies education in K-12 education presents both a challenge and an opportunity.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

A serious social justice funder devotes at least 25 percent of its annual giving for advocacy, community organizing, civic engagement and other systems-change strategies,” the framework says. “We One of the planks of NCPR’s framework is to increase the number of serious social justice funders. “A

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Perhaps, we could restore the foundation that our public schools were founded on — the notion that America’s public schools were founded to promote civic engagement and deliberative skills—skills that our democracy depended on to survive and thrive. But, perhaps, we could start with our schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2018

At an event at the Brookings Institution after the riots in Baltimore in 2015, Derek Douglas, vice president for civic engagement at the University of Chicago and former member of the White House Domestic Policy Council, discussed how planning can go awry. “If Related: COLUMN: Open letter to teachers who feel trapped in racist schools.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

In order to actually engage, students need a space to express themselves without being judged by educators or their peers. Civic engagement requires personal investment, and all emotions — whether students feel like the country is ending or being saved — are valid. Students will seize that opportunity.

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