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Tag: Civic Engagement

Many Americans lack a strong understanding of the Constitution, experts say at D.C. event

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September 10, 2015September 5, 2018 Danielle Dieterich

Non-profit leaders and educators discussed how the United States can strengthen its civics education.

Tagged civic education, Civic Engagement, Civic Youth, recent-news, United States Constitution

Civics teachers agree: Students need training in gathering and distributing news

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January 16, 2014September 5, 2018 Frank LoMonte

Journalism education: It's not just for journalists, anymore.That could've been the headline on a newly released study from our friends at Tufts University, whose research continues cementing the connection between healthy news-consumption habits and participatory citizenship.In a report just posted by Tufts' Civic Youth project, researcher Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg finds almost unanimous agreement among high school civics educators that, to be well-prepared for adult life, students need the ability to gather and produce credible information -- the skill set we're accustomed to calling "journalism."Encouragingly, the vast majority of survey respondents said they commonly assign reading news articles as part of civics curriculum.

Tagged CIRCLE, civic education, Civic Engagement, Civic Youth, news literacy, Tufts University

Civic education scholars agree: School administrators need a thicker skin for discussion of social and political issues

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December 1, 2013September 5, 2018 Frank LoMonte

When school censors prevent students from discussing controversial issues, it's not just harmful to journalism -- it's harmful to citizenship.

Tagged civic education, Civic Engagement, civics, Stanford University, University of Washington-Seattle

Two new reports on civic engagement in schools identify a central role for scholastic journalism skills

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October 13, 2013September 5, 2018 Frank LoMonte

Youth will need digital media literacy skills to critically engage with all the information (and misinformation) they can now find online, to seek out a range of perspectives, and to be thoughtful about the content they circulate and create.
That's among the big-picture takeaways from a groundbreaking new study, "All Together Now: Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Engagement," just released by Tufts University as the product of the nation's leading scholars in civic education.The Oct.

Tagged CIRCLE, civic education, Civic Engagement, McCormick Foundation, Student Voice, Tufts University

Center for Rights petitions Prince George’s County Public Schools over copyright policy

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February 14, 2013September 5, 2018 Sara Tirrito

The Center for Rights sent a petition signed by nearly 2,000 to the Prince George’s County Public Schools Board of Education today, asking the district to abandon a draft copyright policy that would have declared students’ and teachers’ works to be property of the district.Evan Greer, Campaign Manager at the Center for Rights, said the group hopes the district will publicly denounce the policy, which district officials last week said was on hold indefinitely. The Center for Rights is an organization that helps raise awareness about individual's rights and how to defend them.“What we don’t want is for people to take their eyes off this issue and for them to push it through and for students and teachers to suffer because people thought it was a done deal,” Greer said.

Tagged Civic Engagement, copyright, Prince George’s County

How students covered the 2012 election

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November 7, 2012December 13, 2018 Sara Gregory

If you missed it yesterday -- and there was kind of a lot going on -- the SPLC highlighted some of the best election coverage being done by high school and college journalists this year.

Tagged Civic Engagement, College Student Media/Journalism, High School Student Media/Journalism

One Generation Under Hazelwood: A 25-Year Retrospective

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September 26, 2012December 13, 2018 Jessica Andrews

An entire generation of students has now grown up in an environment in which free speech in school is limited.This January will mark the 25th anniversary of the Hazelwood School District v.

Tagged censorship, Civic Engagement, First Amendment, Student Media/Journalism - General News, Student Rights

“Fault Lines” study identifies link between lack of civic education and low participation in voting, volunteering

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May 24, 2012September 5, 2018 Frank LoMonte

Yet another national study, this one by Educational Testing Service, is giving failing grades to the way schools prepare young people to participate in civic life."Fault Lines in Our Democracy," issued Wednesday by the Princeton, N.J.-based nonprofit, diagnoses a "disconnect" between what students are taught about American government and what they retain, and concludes that students need not just more lectures about civics but more opportunities for hands-on participation in civic activities.

Tagged Civic Engagement

O’Connor civics commission draws a road map toward freedom of expression. Will schools follow it?

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October 14, 2011September 5, 2018 Frank LoMonte

Students learn best when they're allowed to discuss controversial issues important to their lives, and when they are made participants in the governance of their schools.These are not the bumper-sticker slogans of civil-liberties activists.

Tagged Civic Engagement, First Amendment

Study shows students more supportive of free speech at school than teachers

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September 16, 2011September 5, 2018 Brian Schraum

A national survey of teachers and students released today offers a mixed bag for civic education and free expression advocates.The survey of about 12,000 students and 900 teachers from 50 high schools across the country was conducted earlier this year with funding from the Knight Foundation.

Tagged Civic Engagement, First Amendment, Journalism/Civics Education, Social Networking Sites

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