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Why Government Teacher Amy Messick Ran For School Board

Teaching American History

She also encourages them to figure out their own political views and to actively engage in civic life. I have two masters degrees, one in educational leadership and one from MAHG. More worrying was a complaint that showed confusion about what civic education requires. In 2023, he returned the encouragement Messick had given him.

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Can we teach our way out of political polarization?

The Hechinger Report

Author Andrea Gabor called the violence a “Sputnik moment for teaching civics.”. Other institutions, along with a lack of leadership, have played a role in the current crisis, he said. history and civics, and many leave school with big gaps in political knowledge. American students lack a shared foundation in U.S.

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