Matt Reed’s recent column in Inside Higher Ed captures a profound challenge: how to teach American Government in a moment when so many students arrive in the classroom deeply skeptical of politics and ...
Delaware was one of 24 recipients of the federal grant. The money will support the education of struggling kids in grades 4 to 12.
Perhaps at no moment in recent American memory has a widespread understanding of civics been more crucial. Yet the portents are ominous. The latest surveys show that fewer than half of American adults ...
For many years Keys Fillauer, recently retired Oak Ridge Board of Education chairman, co-taught a blend of civics and personal finance as a popular one-year course for Oak Ridge ninth-grade students.
Why did the United States of America declare its independence from England in 1776? If you know the answer to this question, ...
Perhaps at no moment in recent American memory has a widespread understanding of civics been more crucial. Yet the portents are ominous. The latest surveys show that fewer than half of American adults ...
When Gary West taught elementary school social studies two decades ago in a suburb of San Antonio, he wasn’t afraid to take his lessons beyond the bounds of the textbook. West wasn’t told to steer ...
In his 2023 book, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, Richard Hass sadly tells us that in America “Only eight states and the District of Columbia require a full year of high ...
A student checks a classmate's test during an American government class at the University of South Carolina Beaufort in Bluffton on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. In the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute’s ...
NEPTUNE — A Neptune Middle School social studies teacher is leading the way on one of the most politically fraught education topics, one that will only become more potentially contentious ahead of a ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently said that if elected president in 2024 he would push for civics education about the founding principles of the United States to celebrate the country's upcoming ...