Guardian of Democracy: The Civic Mission of Schools
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Investing in civic learning has real world outcomes that strengthen American democracy.
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Public Trust in Government Remains Near Historic Lows as Partisan Attitudes Shift
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Pew Research Center discovers distrust of government remain at record levels with over a quarter of the public having little or no confidence in the country’s future.
Strengthening Democracy with a Modern Civics Education
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This report provides an updated state-by-state analysis of civics education requirements and civic engagement measures.
Students’ Civic Online Reasoning
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A national portrait of the current dire state of media literacy and whether first-time voters are prepared to go online and discern fact from fiction.
Teaching Civics in a Time of Partisan Polarization
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Every generation must be deliberately educated how to be active and responsible citizens, but the challenges differ as the context evolves, and today’s students and teachers of civics face special barriers as well as unusual opportunities when it comes to learning and teaching civics in our polarized times.
The 2018 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well are American Students Learning?
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A portrait of civics education in the United States including student performance, state policies, teacher characteristics, and student survey results as windows into students’ experiences.
The Civic Mission of Schools
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Why schools are vital venues for civic education, the importance of schools focuses on civic education at this time, six approaches to civic education, and recommendations for schools, districts, policymakers, higher education, researchers, and funders
The Danger of Deconsolidation: The Democratic Disconnect
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There is growing evidence that young Americans are losing faith in wester democracy and in their government with 24% of millennials considering democracy to be a “bad” or “very bad” way of running a country.
The Democracy Project: Reversing a Crisis of Confidence
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A report from the George W. Bush Institute in collaboration with the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement and Freedom House showing that – even in our polarized nation – 89% of Americans agree that we need more civic education in our schools.
The Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools
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51st annual PDK Poll showing 97% of American say civics should be taught, including 81% of teachers who say students should be required to take a civics class.