Civic Education
What Did the House Speaker Fight Mean? An Education in Civics Can Explain
Amid classroom fixation on activism, institutions also matter.
Civic Education
Preet Bharara’s New Children’s Book Does America an Injustice
Tenement slums, Trail of Tears, internment camps for Japanese Americans, violent police depicted for “young truth seekers”
Civic Education
California Educators Urge Common Ground in Civics Education
Rejecting “instilling collective racial guilt in today’s children”—while also refusing to ban books about Rosa Parks
Civic Education
Biden Backs Down on Civics Regulations as Senate Passes Amendment Against Teaching Children to “Hate America”
Kendi and “1619 Project” are dropped by federal Department of Education, but Silicon Valley, pharmaceutical donors ride to the rescue
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Biden History and Civics Priorities Emerge as Battlegrounds
Mention of 1619 Project sparks “grave concern” from Republican Senators
Civic Education
Trump Education Reform Legacy: Too Little, Too Late
President discovered education reform in closing stretch of re-election campaign
Civic Education
Biden Eliminated the 1776 Commission But Not the Need for ‘Patriotic’ Education
"Portraying the American tale as an endless parade of horribles isn’t any more honest than cartoonish accounts of American wonderfulness."
Civic Education
Participation Is Only a Part of Democratic Education
"The value of checks and balances ought to be understood independent of particular agendas. Otherwise, it's a recipe for increasingly unconstrained aggression."
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