In this series, Citizens & Scholars compiles the best recent articles, reports, and research from around the civic learning field. Stay up-to-date on the latest news, trends, and developments in efforts to build effective citizens.
New Report: Can Online Civic Education Induce Democratic Citizenship?
In a recent article in the American Journal of Political Science, researchers sought to explore how democratic values and behaviors could be induced in new democracies. Using Tunisia as a case study, the team explores whether an online environment like Facebook and Instagram can provide a platform for civic education that strengthen democratic societies.
“Our findings indicate that civic education interventions provided through social media platforms can be an effective, and a far-reaching tool, for strengthening people’s commitments to democracy and their rejection of authoritarian rule,” said co-author Ericka Rascón Ramírez, MSc, Ph.D., of Middlesex University, in London.
New C&S Report: Mapping Civic Measurement
On February 16, the Citizens & Scholars will release “Mapping Civic Measurement,” a first-of-its kind civic measurement landscape review and analysis of existing literature, practices, and 200+ tools in use by the broader civic field and adjacent relevant disciplines.
Youth Civic Development
Gen Z Has a Passion for Political Activism. Schools Can Nurture It | EdWeek
Local Youth Program Prepares Next Generation | Opelika Observer
Gen Z is eager to help Arizona. All we need are opportunities to lead | The Arizona Republic
Preparing the next generation of citizens requires bringing back civics | The Hill
We Need to Start Teaching Kids That Civics Is More Than Just Activism | Op-Ed, TIME
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- Active listening, learning are some of the skills to help democracy thrive, say experts at COLLEGE roundtable event | Stanford Report
Mellon Foundation Grants More Than $12 Million to Recipients of Inaugural Higher Learning Open Call for Civic Engagement and Social Justice-Related Research and Projects | Mellon Foundation
Lessons from MLK: College as a Model of Democracy | C&S Fellow Profile
How colleges can help turn out the student vote | Higher Ed Dive
K-12 Education
Want to restore civics education? Let’s start as we prepare for America’s 250th birthday. | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Students can test knowledge, win prize in Berks Civics Bee | WFMZ-TV
Young people chained to social-media ‘news’ need revitalized civic education: Richard M. Perloff | Op-Ed, Cleveland.com
- Why Civic Education is the Starting Line | Deseret News
Civic Learning Field
Democracy: The more boring, the better | Essay: George W. Bush Presidential Center
The state of American democracy and civic engagement |Maine Calling
C&S Fellows in the News
Revisiting a Composer’s Psychedelic Lewis Carroll Music | David Del Tredici, a 1966 Woodrow Wilson Fellow, in The New York Times
Newcombe Fellowship Celebrates More Than 40 Years of Impact | C&S Video
