Tag: Equity

I clicked the “submit exam” button, then the “leave meeting” button, and sat back in my chair in stunned silence. As I gazed around my childhood bedroom, my eyes moving...

Alexandra Henderson is a student from the Equity in Civics Youth Fellowship inaugural cohort. Prior to working as a Legislative Aide for the Louisiana Senate, she worked as a Senate...

It is imperative that we maintain hope even when the harshness of reality may suggest the opposite. — Paulo Freire Imagine a community in which everyone had an equal say in matters...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty...

From January through March, our Youth as Civic Experts network students set out to collect responses from youth across the nation about their civic learning and civic engagement experiences. During...

Amidst what has been a tumultuous past few months in politics, there is an opportunity for teachers to weave current events into their curriculum and deepen students’ understanding of US...

Viren Mehta, a student from the Equity in Civics Youth Fellowship inaugural cohort, was selected by Michael Matsuda, Anaheim Union High School District Superintendent, for an internship with his office...

Shock, disappointment, and revelation were expressed by students upon reading several articles by the New York Times, Providence Journal, and Education Week about Rhode Island students’ 2018 lawsuit against their...

Youth as Civic Experts students across the country observed and pinpointed educational inequities within their local communities. The majority of them responded with shock and revelation after reading reports from...

We are excited to announce the new logo for the Youth As Civic Experts Network, the student voice campaign through iCivics. This year’s logo is designed by Sophie Li, a...