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This Week in Civics: State of Wisconsin and Civic Agents in Massachusetts

Students giving speeches, like in Project soapbox, is a great form of civics education.

I have a Google alert set up to flag news stories about “civics education,” and at the end of every week I like to look back on these stories and reflect on what’s going on around the country in civics. This week, we’ve got a lengthy article from Isthmus about the state of civics education […]

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This Week in Civics: Rock the Vote and More Kid Governors

Man holding a sign saying, "Register Early to Vote"

Towards the end of the week, I like to take a moment to reflect on what’s happening around the country (and sometimes the world) with regards to civics education. So here’s a look at some news articles from this week. This week we’ve got an expansion of an elementary civics program, a new effort by […]

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This Week in Civics: More States Go Down the Testing Road

Drawing of a chalkboard with the word "Test" written in chalk and underlined.

Each week, I like to take a moment to reflect on what’s happening around the country (and sometimes the world) with regards to civics education. So here’s a look at some news articles from the past week. The common theme this week: testing. More States Move Towards Requiring the Citizenship Test My google alert this […]

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