by jpitney | Jan 15, 2022 | Civic Education, civic virtue
Gary Schmitt at AEI: A recent Washington Post poll has some 34 percent of U.S. adults saying that “violent action” against the government is “sometimes justified.” If more than a third of “adults” are willing to hold such a view, it is not difficult to imagine how an...
by jpitney | Jan 14, 2022 | Civic Education, Misinformation
Mark Walsh at Education Week: Students asserting the right to an adequate civics education have lost their appeal of a federal court ruling that dismissed their suit accusing the state of Rhode Island of failing to prepare them for the duties of citizenship. Like the...
by jpitney | Jan 4, 2022 | Civic Education, Polarization
Frederick M. Hess at AEI: While students need to learn how to productively engage those who hold different views, too little civics education does so. On that score, I’m curious about the work of Next Generation Politics, a “cross-partisan” civics education group that...
by jpitney | Dec 5, 2021 | Cancel Culture, Civic Education, Free Speech, Higher Education
The Bipartisan Policy Center has a new report titled “Campus Free Expression: A New Roadmap.” From the executive summary: First, colleges and universities must address the perceived tension that pits academic freedom and freedom of expression against...
by jpitney | Nov 28, 2021 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Civility
Mike Johnson reflects on the Mayflower Compact: We need a new Compact, one that can be embraced by members of a family or by constantly quarreling political leaders; a Compact that can be embraced by church congregates and members of civic organizations; by students...
by jpitney | Nov 8, 2021 | Civic Education, Higher Education
Samuel J. Abrams at AEI: A recent study revealed that community college students who take political science classes are more likely to register to vote, turn out to vote, and understand constitutional checks and balances. As a political science professor who...
