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K-12 Civic Education
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K-12 Research Articles
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No Citizen Left Behind
Meira Levinson’s book No Citizen Left Behind (Harvard University Press, 2012) began with a CIRCLE grant and develops the argument of Levinson’s CIRCLE Working Paper 51, ” The Civic Achievement Gap.” Levinson combines anecdotes from her eight years of teaching middle school in Atlanta and Boston, political theorizing, and social science analysis. She argues that Read More >
Guardian of Democracy: Successor Report to the Civic Mission of Schools
In 2003, CIRCLE and Carnegie Corporation of New York jointly produced an important report entitled The Civic Mission of Schools that was widely covered in the press and launched the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, the nation’s leading advocacy campaign in civics. Today, the Campaign has issued a successor report (to which CIRCLE Read More >
New Book: Teaching America: The Case for Civic Education
Teaching America is a new book organized and edited by David Feith with chapters by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Senators Kyl and Graham, former Education Secretary Rod Paige, “Instapundit” Glenn Reynolds, and more than a dozen other authors. I contribute the last chapter, “Letter to Persident Obama: A Policy Approach for the Federal Government.” As Read More >
9/11 Now in Textbooks and Standards
9/11 now in Textbooks and Standards Many states require teaching it, but textbook treatments are cursory, and state standards require only basic information Washington State and Vermont standards more substantive Tisch College, Tufts University, Medford/Somerville, Mass.: The attacks of 9/11/01 happened ten years ago, when a typical fifth-grader was an infant. But the attacks are Read More >
What is the role of public education in youth civic engagement? [Video]
On March 17th CIRCLE’s director, Peter Levine, participated in a panel at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, sponsored by the Developmental Psychology department. The panel addressed the role of public education in youth civic engagement. Below you will find Peter’s comments, comments from other panelists can be found here.
