2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (311+ words) Gettysburg Connection The Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College will hold its annual Democracy Week September 14–19 The theme this year is America at 250: Our Democracy, Our World The week will bring together three major programs examining American democracy through history, voting…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (508+ words) Citizenship is a familiar word. What Americans expect from it, what self-government requires of the people living under it, and how those responsibilities have evolved across nearly 250 years of American democracy are considerably larger questions. Those questions will come to…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (434+ words) Progressive Policy Institute Teaching American Democracy: Understanding Who We Are As Americans and Why America has an extraordinary tale to tell. In a world of kings and queens, the founders created a revolutionary system of self-governance aimed at honoring political…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (331+ words) A talk about how to achieve happiness and an exploration of the country's founding ideals will fuel Grand Canyon University's inaugural Canyon Civic Conference. “When you say civic engagement, students assume it is limited to those that are in the…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (743+ words) To mark America’s bicentennial in 1976, the names of 816 children were sealed in a time capsule in Philadelphia. On Wednesday, at the visitor center for the city’s storied Independence Hall, a new crop of elementary school students opened that capsule. In…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (355+ words) Nearly 163 years ago, Abraham Lincoln spoke of a government “by the people.” But in our currently dysfunctional politics, it often seems that only the loudest voices are heard. Few of us believe that we could play an active role in…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (197+ words) COVA has urged educational institutions in Telangana to adopt its Compassionate Citizenship Program, which promotes social awareness, environmental consciousness and civic responsibility among students. Following positive pilot results, the initiative is planned for expansion to 3,000 schools across the State Hyderabad:…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (552+ words) Home » All » Early Civic-hood Education All episodes of Good Neighbor Club Season 1 are now published and available on-demand on the WHYY Kids YouTube channel. We’ll be at the Fitler Club Ballroom September 14 from 5:30 to 7:30pm for the launch of New York…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (170+ words) It’s been a year since Ohio’s Senate Bill 1 became law to crack down on what conservatives view as liberal bias at the state’s public universities. Among the law’s requirements is that students complete a three-credit hour course on American civic…...

1+ week, 15+ min ago   (27+ words) National Civics Bee contender promotes literacy in El Dorado El Dorado News-Times National Civics Bee contender promotes literacy in El Dorado Jai Durvasula creates downtown book nook...