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• The presidential impeachment inquiry playing out in Congress right now offers yet another teachable moment for civics.

  

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  10 Core Insights on Civics Education, and How to Improve it

  edweek.org - Stephen Sawchuk

  The presidential impeachment inquiry playing out in Congress right now offers yet another teachable moment for civics. But, as Education Week’s …

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  A 'Roadmap' for Teaching Civics and History Is Coming. Will It Restart an Old Curriculum War?

  edweek.org - Stephen Sawchuk

  Nearly a quarter century after the meltdown of a national effort to set history standards, two federal agencies are putting a toe back into troubled …

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  Citizen Activists Push to Revise History Textbooks

  edweek.org - Stephen Sawchuk

  Alfred Current is not a historian. But on what was supposed to be a pleasant April weekend dedicated to a YMCA fundraiser, here he was, tapped to …

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  How History Class Divides Us

  edweek.org - Stephen Sawchuk

  Americans are increasingly polarized and public distrust in government is at record levels. What if the inability of Americans to agree on our shared …

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  Where Prospective, First-Time Voters Get Informed

  edweek.org - Michelle R. Davis

  Nick Brown turned 18 in September and will vote for the first time in November. But the Brandon, S.D., resident admits he has some research to do. “As …

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  Is America's Next Generation of Voters Ready for the Job?

  edweek.org - Alyson Klein

  Erin Mortensen and Leonardo DuPlooy can’t wait to cast their first-ever votes this November—for very different reasons. DuPlooy, a high school student …