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It is a new year filled with change in the education world. The Every Student Succeeds Act that was signed in December provides a very unique opportunity for states to […]
Youth have something important to say. Are you listening? States and municipalities across the nation are recognizing that youth have an essential voice to contribute to local discussions and decision […]
As a former public school principal, state legislator, founder of Kids Voting Hawaii and board member of the National Center for Learning & Civic Engagement, the lens with which I […]
I had the chance this week to connect with Paul Bonnici at the North Carolina Civic Education Consortium and wanted to share this exemplary model that extends university civic education […]
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states? If you answered to provide schooling and education, you have correctly answered one of […]
Every now and then those of us who follow the news closely will read, view or hear stories that seem separate and unconnected. But, as we think more about them, […]
As the chief election officer in each state, secretaries of state have a critical investment in civic education and youth engagement. The development of civic knowledge, skills and dispositions has […]
Dramatic changes in the school discipline landscape are creating a seismic shift away from exclusionary zero tolerance policies toward less punitive – and more effective – practices. Acknowledging racial, gender, […]
The new Civics Education Initiative — requiring high school students to pass a 100-question test on basic history and civic facts to graduate — is creating quite a buzz around the […]
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be President of the United States? In this day and age most of us typically see the life of a […]
In my day-to-day work, I’m confronted with a myriad of questions from the mundane to the wildly unexpected: “How many states include a civics course in their high school course […]
“The problem is that we are constantly changing things and that teachers are having a hard time adapting.” “It’s not that we don’t like change; we don’t like the changes […]
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