Digital Promise

AUGUST 5, 2019

Wilson co-leads a summer institute called Learning Environments for Tomorrow (LEFT) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education — bringing together researchers, architects, designers, and educators to explore how learning spaces can support various goals, such as playfulness, collaboration, and civic engagement.

Pedagogy 83

Pedagogy Civic Engagement Civics Economics 83

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2016

But critics complained that the ambitious plan shortchanged more traditional forms of scholarship and caused the university to fall in national rankings. Fifteen years ago or so, there were very few universities that were really deeply engaged with their communities, or even with the idea that they should be,” Howard said.

Civics 84

Civics Civic Engagement Economics Museum 84

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2019

It matters for employment stability and civic engagement. “It’s a crazy cycle,” said Adrian Huerta, an assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California who focuses on college access and gender. “We We know that when you have a college education, there are good outcomes with health. Today, 56 percent are women.

Economics 81

Economics Civic Engagement High School Civics 81

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 92

Civics Civic Engagement Government High School 92

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. Higher ed serves as one of the country’s cornerstones of democratic ideals and as a breeding ground for civic engagement and civil dialogue.

Civic Engagement 123

Civic Engagement Civics Critical Thinking Economics 123

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

Political Science Now

JULY 17, 2024

Goodnow Award for service to the community of political science by teachers, researchers, and public servants who work in the many fields of politics Recipient: Cathy J.

Political Science 62

Political Science Civics Civic Engagement Archiving 62

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The co-editors of a forthcoming edited collection in the APSA-De Gruyter Teaching Civic Engagement Series invite authors to submit chapter proposals for a new volume, Teaching Civic Engagement in Challenging Times: Global Perspectives on Democratic Education for All.

Global Perspectives 37

Global Perspectives Civic Engagement Civics Teaching 37

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This year is anything but usual, of course, and the pandemic’s ramifications for in-person civic engagement could make voting harder for young people than it already was. Aiyana Edwards, student and voter-drive organizer, Spelman College.

Civics 84

Civics Civic Engagement Advocacy Research 84

MPSA

MARCH 30, 2022

The political science teaching world was abuzz with ideas about how to get students to roll up their sleeves, get involved in government at the local level, and prepare for lives of civic engagement. These citizens have little interest in civic engagement. I was deeply involved in this process. Others were not so sure.

Civics 52

Civics Civic Engagement Teaching Political Science 52