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John Merrow: Don’t Read Banned Books and Don’t Vote!

Diane Ravitch

When someone on Twitter posted a list of 25 popular books that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had supposedly banned from the state’s public schools, people went crazy. Of course he wants you to read banned books, and he is deeply concerned about the large number of eligible voters—especially young people—who don’t bother to vote.

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How social studies can help young kids make sense of the world

The Hechinger Report

“Without social studies, we lose the civic mission of public schools,” said Stephanie Serriere, a former early-grade teacher who is now an associate professor of social studies education at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus. Serriere said C3 is being used across the country.

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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.”. As Americans survey the damage to our democracy, how much can we blame schools for the vast divide between how different groups understand our shared history? Should we expect schools to develop engaged and responsible democratic citizens?

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Where Americans Are — and Aren’t — Politically Divided on Education

ED Surge

One hope is that rather than balkanizing into red state and blue state education policy agendas , that we can have sensible, civic-minded reforms that large majorities of people can support.” adults, with about half of those coming from people who said there was at least one school-age child in their home.

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Should teachers be apolitical?

The Hechinger Report

The school’s administration later received a phone call from the student’s family expressing concern that Palu was advancing a “political agenda,” she said. Palu’s principal backed her up, but she worries about backlash when she tackles controversial topics in the future. Capitol and other seismic events with their students.