by jpitney | Nov 5, 2024 | Civic Education, Elections
Sara Randazzo at WSJ: The 2024 election cycle has seen the sitting president drop out of the race, one of the candidates prosecuted in a criminal trial and the second female presidential candidate on a major-party ticket. It is hard to imagine a better backdrop...
by jpitney | Oct 11, 2024 | Civic Education, Elections, Youth
Voting Carnival sparks civic engagement ahead of 2024...
by jpitney | Aug 26, 2024 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Constitution, Separation of Powers
Frederick M. Hess at AEI: Self-government depends on our accepting electoral outcomes or court decisions even when we disagree vehemently with the result. It depends on presidents and voters understanding that the executive branch isn’t empowered to spend billions of...
by jpitney | Aug 23, 2024 | Civic Education, Congress, Deliberation
Jordan T. Cash and Kevin J. Burns at Law & Liberty: Civic education has recently taken a remarkable turn for the better, with the flowering of civics institutes in universities across the country which stress the importance of both informed and deliberative...
by jpitney | Aug 11, 2024 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Civility, Higher Education
Former Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) — now president of the University of Texas at El Paso — writes at The Austin American-Statesman: Universities should do more to restore the institutions that matter most by encouraging and requiring students to serve...
by jpitney | Jun 22, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Civic Education, civic virtue, Civility, Higher Education, Public Opinion
A new survey by The Common Good demonstrates a strong desire for a return to civility: The Common Good has been tracking national division and working to identify ways to return to greater civility and effective governance. While the results of this study demonstrate...
