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Could AI Give Civics Education a Boost?

ED Surge

He still has that concern, but as he stepped back to think about it, he also saw a way to “leverage” the tool for a goal he had long fought for — to help bring social studies education, and especially the teaching of civics, to broader prominence in the nation’s schools. It’s really contingent on hours of the day and human buy-in,” he says.

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Teaching What Self-Government Requires

Teaching American History

Many students enter high school government classes knowing very little about the way the American constitutional system really works. If given only a textbook account of American government, they leave the course still unaware of what self-government requires. Citizens must understand and support it.

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The Future of Democracy Depends on a Quality Civics Education

ED Surge

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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Teaching What Self-Government Requires

Teaching American History

Many students enter high school government classes knowing very little about the way the American constitutional system really works. If given only a textbook account of American government, they leave the course still unaware of what self-government requires. Citizens must understand and support it.

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The future includes good (human) teachers

The Hechinger Report

– China’s state-controlled news broadcasters have long been considered somewhat robotic in their daily recitation of pro-government propaganda, and a pair of new presenters will do little to dispel that view. That’s because “English AI Anchor,” as “he” is named, isn’t human. The future will leave room for human teachers.

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COLUMN: Should schools teach climate activism?

The Hechinger Report

Related: Teaching ‘action civics’ engages kids – and ignites controversy Sanes is at the far end of the teaching spectrum when it comes to promoting climate activism, not to mention discussing controversial issues of any kind in his classroom. When I first got there. I just wanted to hit my books, get my degree,” she recalled.

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Farming Inequality: How Ancient Land Use Split Societies

Anthropology.net

For at least 10,000 years, humans have worked the land to feed families, build communities, and form civilizations. But the way those lands were used—how they were divided, worked, and governed—did more than sustain life. When Governance Intervened—Or Failed To The story isn’t one of inevitability.