Tag: Character Education

Weekly News Roundup

This Week in Civics: A New Hampshire Controversy and a New Massachusetts Legislator

Andy Vargas, new state rep in Massachusetts.

Here’s a quick round-up of civics education news and columns from around the country this week. There’s a controversy in New Hampshire, a couple of columns from Texas and Minnesota, proposed legislation in Nebraska, and a new legislator in Massachusetts. Civics Education and Curriculum in Texas For the second week in a row, I read […]

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The Civic Pledge: Moving Beyond Politics, Civics Is Also Character Education

A forum with candidates for NJ Governor and the Citizens Campaign.

The Citizens Campaign is a non-profit that empowers citizens to be civic leaders in their community. One part of their programming is the civic trust – a group of community members who regularly meet to discuss issues facing their community and craft solutions to present to the appropriate stakeholders. Prior to joining the civic trust, […]

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