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What Are You Doing for Self-care This Year?

2020 has been a helluva year. It brought an end to the Trump presidency, so maybe civics education can get back to normal next year. But it also brought Covid – and along with it remote learning and lots of anxiety. Teaching remotely is tough, but going to work in a school building where Covid […]

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What Are Your Best Tips to Teach Civics Remotely?

Student working at a desk, learning remotely.

When COVID-19 prompted schools to physically close last spring, one of your first thoughts was probably, “How am I going to teach remotely?” More specifically, “How am I going to teach civics remotely?” Virtual learning poses a lot of problems, and teachers around the country struggled to address those issues all spring. As the fall […]

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Teach About Voting Rights with Democracy Class from Rock the Vote

Man holding a sign that says, "Register Early to Vote." Teach voting rights.

Rock the Vote is nothing new. They’ve been around since the 1990’s trying to get people out to vote and to exercise their voting rights. But in the last few years, they’ve tried something new. They created a program called “Democracy Class,” and they partnered with organizations across the country to teach lessons in schools […]

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12 Paulo Freire Quotes About Education, Civics, and Pedagogy

A cup of coffee and a Paulo Freire quote, "The educator has a duty to not be neutral."

Paulo Freire was a Brazilian educator with some pretty radical ideas about education and its role in creating better societies. To Freire, education was a revolutionary act. His most famous work is the book Pedagogy of the Oppressed. He discussed his practice of literacy education in Brazil. Through his service as the director of adult […]

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What Are YAC’s? Youth Advisory Council Offers Civic Engagement Opportunities

Members of the MYAC standing with members of the Maryland legislature, along with a label asking, "Does your State Have a LYAC?"

There was one thing in particular in last week’s civic education news round-up that caught my eye: the New Hampshire Legislative Youth Advisory Council and it’s youth forum. What exactly is this legislative youth advisory council, and are there more like it? I’ve heard of local youth advisory committees and youth mayors. A few weeks […]

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