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As the nation's 250th anniversary approaches, funders can draw on a proven Illinois model to help schools prepare the next ...

Our collective future depends on what is happening in our classrooms. That’s not exaggeration — it’s fact. Because the lessons taught there shape how young people see their place in the world — and ...

Attending school in the middle of a cornfield only intensified my childhood feelings of isolation as a gay, brown kid born to Indian immigrant parents. In every way that matters to a child, I felt ...

Former Wisconsin state senators are calling for stronger civic education in schools. Wisconsin does not currently require a standalone civics course to graduate high school. A bipartisan bill ...

Educators and researchers hope that integrating some of the soft skills that are part of social and emotional learning practices can help civics education bridge some of the deep political rifts in ...

Hans Zeiger is president of the Jack Miller Center (www.jackmillercenter.org), an educational venture empowering academic scholars to teach America’s founding principles and history. The second week ...

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