by jpitney | Jan 15, 2023 | African American, Asian American, Congress, Hispanic, House of Representatives, Senate
Katherine Schaeffer at Pew: A quarter of voting members of the U.S. Congress identify their race or ethnicity as something other than non-Hispanic White, making the 118th Congress the most racially and ethnically diverse to date. This continues a long-running trend...
by jpitney | Jan 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
WXYZ-TV in Detroit reports on The Civility Project:
by jpitney | Jan 13, 2023 | Civic Education, civic virtue
Mike Johnson: Civic leaders for two centuries have extolled the critical value of an informed citizenry. Its importance cannot be overstated. Yet today, two centuries later, American citizens are less knowledgeable than ever regarding how government and politics...
by jpitney | Jan 13, 2023 | Autism, California Politics, Education, Public Service, Texas
Carolyn Jones at EdSource: As a new school board member, Joshua Brown is prioritizing special education in his rural Northern California district. But his perspective is unusual: He has firsthand experience with the district’s special education program — as a student....
by jpitney | Jan 11, 2023 | Claremont McKenna College
At Claremont McKenna College, Prof. Michael Fortner spoke with Prof. Glenn Loury about antiracism: https://glennloury.substack.com/p/the-false-god-of-antiracism?fbclid=IwAR36q7zXS2qVLjU5dUlKfE0Crdybq6r6wfKkJi_IktOMXlvmQZbVy4xKicU
